suspend

Definitions

1. 1noun

   To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

2. 2noun

   To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

3. 3noun

   To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

4. 4noun

   To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.

5. 5noun

   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. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

8. 8intransitive 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. 9verb

   cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   "suspend the particles"

10. 10verb

    stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

    "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

    Synonyms

    freeze
11. 11verb

    make inoperative or stop

    "suspend payments on the loan"

12. 12verb

    hang freely

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

13. 13verb

    bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

    Synonyms

    debar
14. 14verb

    render temporarily ineffective

    "the prison sentence was suspended"