tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious

1. To be an omen or warning of; foreshadow; presage [to stretch forward].
2. To be an indication of; signify.

1. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate event; omen.
2. A portending; a significance.

1. That which portends evil; ominous.
2. Arousing awe or amazement; marvelous; prodigious.

1. To claim; profess; allege [to stretch forth or to move in a certain direction].
2. To claim or profess falsely; feign;.
3. To make believe, as in play or in an attempt to deceive; feign.

1. A claim, especially an unsupported one, as to some distinction or accomplishment; pretension.
2. A false claim or profession.
3. A false show of something.

Making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence.

1. Expressing much in few words; short and pithy (concise and full of meaning); terse (brief and to the point) and forceful.
2. Full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc.; especially in a way that is pompous and moralizing; that is, inclined to moralize more than is merited or appreciated.
3. Etymology: "full of meaning," from Middle French (about 1400-1600) sententieux, from Latin sententiosus, "full of meaning, pithy"; from sententia, "opinion, maxim". The meaning of "addicted to pompous moralizing" was first recorded in 1598.

1. In a sententious manner; pithily, concisely.
2. In short expressive periods; with striking brevity.

To extend under or be opposite to in position [to stretch underneath].