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Dangling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or being a modifier, especially a participle or participial phrase, that grammatically modifies the subject of its sentence but semantically modifies another element of the sentence or an unstated referent, as approaching Dallas in the sentence Approaching Dallas, the skyline came into view. See Usage Note at participle.

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adj. suspended from above

n. the act of hanging something from above such that it can move freely; suspension

v. Present participle of dangle.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

Word Usage

"MAX, advertised with a photo of a heavy steel chain dangling from a telephone receiver in place of a cord."

Equivalent

to dangle after

Verb Form

dangled dangles dangling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

suspend

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Angle Wrangell angle bangle disentangle