suspend

suspend is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
2. noun. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
3. noun. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
4. noun. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
5. noun. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.
6. noun. To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
7. noun. To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
8. intransitive verb. To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
9. verb. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   "suspend the particles"

10. verb. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

    "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

    Synonyms: freeze

11. verb. make inoperative or stop

    "suspend payments on the loan"

12. verb. hang freely

    "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

13. verb. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

    Synonyms: debar

14. verb. render temporarily ineffective

    "the prison sentence was suspended"

Synonyms

freeze, debar

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in suspend:

sendups, upsends

Common word forms

suspends, suspended, suspender, suspending

Words from these letters

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