suspend
to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge.
to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid.
to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment.
to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person.
to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment.
to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like: to suspend ferry service.
to debar, usually for a limited time, from the exercise of an office or function or the enjoyment of a privilege: The student was suspended from school.
to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair.
Music. to prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord.
to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time.
to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations.
to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling.
to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc.
Origin of suspend
1synonym study For suspend
Other words for suspend
Other words from suspend
- sus·pend·i·ble, adjective
- sus·pend·i·bil·i·ty [suh-spen-duh-bil-i-tee], /səˌspɛn dəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- pre·sus·pend, verb (used with object)
- re·sus·pend, verb
- un·sus·pend·i·ble, adjective
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How to use suspend in a sentence
Iowa is in some ways a funhouse mirror, distorting the process as everyone else suspends disbelief and plays along.
Iowa Caucuses Are as Distorted as a Funhouse Mirror | Howard Kurtz | January 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the other hand the periodic statement suspends the meaning to the end.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterAn arrangement of the parts of a sentence that suspends the meaning until the close is called periodic.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterBy means of his prehensile tail he suspends himself to a tree on the shore, and patiently awaits the coming prey.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginWhen she halts, she suspends her wooden chrysalid to a tree, and the wire-work protects it from the teeth of ferocious beasts.
The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
Bank of England, suspends specie payments, i. 456;scarcity of money in, iii.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for suspend
/ (səˈspɛnd) /
(tr) to hang from above so as to permit free movement
(tr; passive) to cause to remain floating or hanging: a cloud of smoke was suspended over the town
(tr) to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily: to suspend interest payments
(tr) to hold in abeyance; postpone action on: to suspend a decision
(tr) to debar temporarily from privilege, office, etc, as a punishment
(tr) chem to cause (particles) to be held in suspension in a fluid
(tr) music to continue (a note) until the next chord is sounded, with which it usually forms a dissonance: See suspension (def. 11)
(intr) to cease payment, as from incapacity to meet financial obligations
(tr) obsolete to put or keep in a state of anxiety or wonder
(intr) obsolete to be attached from above
Origin of suspend
1Derived forms of suspend
- suspendible or suspensible, adjective
- suspendibility, noun
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