Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Pend /(pĕnd)/ · IPA /pɛnd/ n. v. i. v. t. 01 n. Oil cake; penock. 1. Oil cake; penock.[India] 02 v. i. To hang; to depend. imp. & p. p. Pended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pending 1. To hang; to depend.[R.] “Pending upon certain powerful motions.” — I. Taylor. 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. 03 v. t. To pen; to confine. 1. To pen; to confine.[R.] “ended within the limits . . . of Greece.” — Udall.