dangling

Definition von dangling im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: the act of hanging something from above such that it can move freely; suspension; Present participle of dangle; suspended from above; {s} suspending; hanging from above so it moves freely; the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"; adangle
dangling modifier: a word or clause that modifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the speaker's intended meaning
Example: Being over two hundred years old, I had difficulty reading the document. - it is the document that is old, not the reader.
dangling participle: Any participle used as a dangling modifier
dangling participles: plural form of dangling participle
dangling modifier: `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
dangling modifier: A modifier without a headword-a word or phrase that it can modify
dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e g , `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e
dangling modifier: {i} word or sentence that modifies a word which is not stated in the sentence in a manner that is clear
dangling modifier: An incorrect grammatical construction; a clause or phrase that modifies something incorrectly: While making a home run, the ball went over the fence (The ball did not make a home run; someone made a home run )
dangling participle: a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e
dangling participle: `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
dangling pointer: A pointer (access value) which points to an object that no longer exists
dangling pointer: A dangling pointer is a surviving reference to an object that no longer exists at that address In manual memory management, dangling pointers typically arise from one of: A premature free, where an object is freed, but a reference is retained; Retaining a reference to a stack-allocated object, after the relevant stack frame has been popped Dangling pointers can occur under automatic memory management, because of a garbage collection bug -- such as premature collection, or moving without updating all references -- but this is much rarer because GC code is usually a single common core of reused code
dangle: An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group
dangle: the action of preforming a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie. Probably from It looks like he's dangling the puck on a string
He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
dangle: to hang or trail something loosely
I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
dangle: The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style
That was a sick dangle for a great goal!.
dangle: {v} to hang loose or about, to follow
dangle: A project task with no predecessor or successor
dangle: To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion
dangle: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
dangle: to hang loosely with the ability to swing
dangle: the action of dangling
dangle: To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet
dangle: An activity in a network which has neither predecessors nor successors
dangle: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree" hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling
dangle: A teacher behavior that disrupts a smoothly flowing lesson due to an unfinished sentence or thought
dangle: If you say that someone is dangling something attractive before you, you mean they are offering it to you in order to try to influence you in some way. They've dangled rich rewards before me
dangle: If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely. A gold bracelet dangled from his left wrist He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water
dangle: the action of preforming a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie. Probably from It looks like hes dangling the puck on a string
dangle: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling
dangle: {f} cause to hang or swing loosely; act of hanging; keep someone hanging uncertainly; tempt
dangle: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"