The meaning of PENDULOUS is poised without visible support. How to use pendulous in a sentence. On the vine they are pendulous and heavy.
Yet look again at their beauty: pendulous with the nutrients they store through the winter to nourish new life in the spring. It can take the female a month to weave a pendulous nest, which is entered from the top, with a nesting chamber at the bottom. Definition of pendulous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pendulous sedge, pendulous (ˈpɛndjʊləs) adj hanging downwards, esp so as to swing from side to side [C17: from Latin pendulus, from pendēre to hang down] Adjective pendulous (comparative more pendulous, superlative most pendulous) Hanging from, or as if from, a support. Synonym: suspended There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective pendulous, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. pendulous in British English (ˈpɛndjʊləs ) adjective hanging downwards, esp so as to swing from side to side Pendulous most commonly refers to branches of trees or bushes, or other plant matter like flowers or leaves that droop or bend downward. You could hide easily in the Amazon rain forest because of all the pendulous plant life.
pendulous sedge, When not referring to plants, pendulous means "saggy" or "droopy."
