pend

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To hang down; to cause something to hang down
2. 2
   To arch over (something); to vault.
3. 3
   To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
4. 4
   To pen; to confine.
5. 5
   To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

Noun

1. 1
   An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
2. 2
   oil cake