Depend

Verb

 * 1)  To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
 * 2) * 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
 * The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
 * 1) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
 * 2) To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
 * 3) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
 * 4) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

Adverbs for Depend
utterly; unfailingly; exclusively; materially; completely; mathematically; virtually; ultimately; directly; perpetually; apparently; irksomely; fatuously; absolutely; haplessly.

Thesaurus
all depend, bag, bank, bank on, base, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on, be predicated on, bottom, build, cascade, count on, daggle, dangle, depend on, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, droop, fall, flap, flop, flow, found, ground, hang, hang down, hang in suspense, hang on, hinge, hinge on, lean, lie on, lie with, lop, nod, pend, reckon on, rely on, rest, rest on, rest with, revolve on, sag, sling, stand, stand on, stay, suspend, swag, swing, trail, trust in, turn, turn on, turn upon, weep

Etymology
From dependre:, from de-: + pendre:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Danish: hænge ned
 * Danish: hænge ned


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Danish: være uafgjort
 * Dutch: hangende zijn
 * Finnish: riippua jostakin
 * Finnish: riippua jostakin


 * Hebrew: תלוי
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: разчитам на
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: afhænge
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: sõltuma


 * Finnish: olla riippuvainen
 * French:
 * Hebrew: סמך
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:, разчитам
 * Chinese:
 * Danish: regne med, stole på
 * Danish: regne med, stole på


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: usaldama
 * Finnish:
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:


 * Finnish: olla riippuvainen
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * pended