Term: dangling participle: a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
Candidate hypernym: 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' → 1
Candidate hypernym: pearlfish: found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds → 0
Candidate hypernym: discovery: the act of discovering something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bluehead: small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head → 0
Candidate hypernym: headword: a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) → 0
Candidate hypernym: life saver: a candy shaped like a small lifesaver → 0
Candidate hypernym: withe: strong flexible twig → 0
Candidate hypernym: overburden: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits → 0
Candidate hypernym: zenaidura: mourning doves → 0
Candidate hypernym: assault: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack → 0
Candidate hypernym: due care: the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty → 0