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Definition of Suspend
1. Verb. Hang freely. "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. Verb. Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid. "They suspend the lights from the ceiling"; "Suspend the particles"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Resuspend
Derivative terms: Suspension, Suspension
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Resuspend
Derivative terms: Suspension, Suspension
3. Verb. Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc..
Exact synonyms: Debar
Entails: Penalise, Penalize, Punish
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Specialized synonyms: Rusticate, Send Down
Derivative terms: Debarment, Suspension
Entails: Penalise, Penalize, Punish
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Specialized synonyms: Rusticate, Send Down
Derivative terms: Debarment, Suspension
4. Verb. Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
Exact synonyms: Freeze
Generic synonyms: Break, Interrupt
Derivative terms: Freeze, Suspension, Suspension, Suspension
Generic synonyms: Break, Interrupt
Derivative terms: Freeze, Suspension, Suspension, Suspension
5. Verb. Make inoperative or stop. "Suspend payments on the loan"
6. Verb. Render temporarily ineffective. "The prison sentence was suspended"
Generic synonyms: Defer, Hold Over, Postpone, Prorogue, Put Off, Put Over, Remit, Set Back, Shelve, Table
Definition of Suspend
1. v. t. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
2. v. i. 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).
Definition of Suspend
1. to cause to stop for a period [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suspend
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