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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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'; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dangling participle
    n 1: 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'