The meaning of Dangle

verb

Be controlled or determined by.

Usage examples:

Differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors

verb

To be influenced or determined by something else

Usage examples:

All of this depends on how the test is constructed., “do you eat out at lunchtime?” “well, it depen…

verb

Bend or hang downwards limply.

Usage examples:

A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun

An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.

Usage examples:

The exhausted droop of her shoulders

verb

To bend or hang down

Usage examples:

The old woman sighed and pushed back a drooping strand of iron-gray hair.

verb

Bend or hang downwards limply.

Usage examples:

A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun

An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.

Usage examples:

The exhausted droop of her shoulders

adjective

Bending or hanging down heavily

Usage examples:

Drooping branches, bloodhounds have drooping eyes and floppy ears.

adjective

Hanging down limply; drooping.

Usage examples:

A droopy moustache

adjective

Bending or hanging down heavily

Usage examples:

He had a long droopy moustache., it turns out droopy eyelids are a common sign of aging.

adjective

Moving from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

She was injured by a falling tree

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

adjective

If something is falling, it is becoming lower in size, amount, or strength

Usage examples:

Falling birth/interest rates, falling standards

adjective

(especially of long hair or clothing) hanging or draping loosely and gracefully.

Usage examples:

A long flowing gown of lavender silk

verb

(of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

Usage examples:

From here the river flows north

adjective

Moving in one direction, especially continuously and easily

Usage examples:

A fast-flowing river, flowing movements/lines, i thought i recognized your flowing script., i remem…

noun

The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment.

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Controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging

adjective

Suspended in the air.

Usage examples:

Hanging palls of smoke

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

Usage examples:

That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

adjective

Hanging down or overhanging.

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Pendent catkins

adjective

Hanging from or over something

Usage examples:

Pendent branches, a pendent lampshade

adjective

Hanging down loosely.

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Pendulous branches

adjective

Hanging down loosely

Usage examples:

Pendulous blossoms

adjective

Hanging down; pendulous.

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Pensile nests

verb

Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

Usage examples:

She let her head sag lower and lower

noun

A downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure.

Usage examples:

A sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels

noun

Variant spelling of saag.

noun

A small, narrow river.

Usage examples:

A perfect trout stream

verb

(of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She sat with tears streaming down her face

noun

A small river that flows on or below the surface of the ground

Usage examples:

Rivers are wider, deeper, and longer than streams., the faucet leaked in a steady stream., an endle…

adjective

(of a sentence) imposed by a judge or court but not enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period.

Usage examples:

He was given a suspended jail term of 22 months

verb

Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.

Usage examples:

Work on the dam was suspended

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

adjective

Moving slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

Swaying palm trees

verb

Present participle of sway

Usage examples:

The trees were swaying in the wind., the movement of the ship caused the mast to sway from side to …

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

Usage examples:

The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

adjective

Moving back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

An old mahogany grandfather clock with a swinging pendulum

noun

The action of moving back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

All clocks used to keep time by the swinging of a pendulum

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

noun

A long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something.

Usage examples:

Smoke trails

verb

Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.

Usage examples:

She pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs

noun

A sudden or headlong fall.

Usage examples:

I took a tumble in the nettles

noun

A handspring, somersault in the air, or other acrobatic feat.

Usage examples:

She can perform huge vertical or horizontal leaps, often resulting in gymnastic tumbles and rolls i…

verb

Move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

Usage examples:

He waved to me from the train

noun

A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.

Usage examples:

He was swept out to sea by a freak wave

verb

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth