ALL meanings of suspend
sus·pend
S s - verb with object suspend to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling. 1
- verb with object suspend to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge. 1
- verb with object suspend to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid. 1
- verb with object suspend to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment. 1
- verb with object suspend to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person. 1
- verb with object suspend to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment. 1
- verb with object suspend to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like: to suspend ferry service. 1
- verb with object suspend 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. 1
- verb with object suspend to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair. 1
- verb with object suspend Music. to prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord. 1
- verb without object suspend to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time. 1
- verb without object suspend to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations. 1
- verb without object suspend to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling. 1
- verb without object suspend to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc. 1
- transitive verb suspend physically: hang 1
- transitive verb suspend postpone, delay 1
- transitive verb suspend judgment: reserve 1
- transitive verb suspend expel from school 1
- transitive verb suspend dismiss temporarily from job 1
- verb suspend If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it. 0
- verb suspend If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them. 0
- verb suspend If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place. 0
- verb suspend to hang from above so as to permit free movement 0
- verb suspend to cause to remain floating or hanging 0
- verb suspend to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily 0
- verb suspend to hold in abeyance; postpone action on 0
- verb suspend to debar temporarily from privilege, office, etc, as a punishment 0
- verb suspend to cause (particles) to be held in suspension in a fluid 0
- verb suspend to continue (a note) until the next chord is sounded, with which it usually forms a dissonance 0
- verb suspend to cease payment, as from incapacity to meet financial obligations 0
- verb suspend to put or keep in a state of anxiety or wonder 0
- verb suspend to be attached from above 0
- verb transitive suspend to bar or exclude as a penalty from an office, school, position, etc., usually for a specified time; debar 0
- verb transitive suspend to cause to cease or become inoperative for a time; stop temporarily 0
- verb transitive suspend to defer or hold back (judgment), as until more is known 0
- verb transitive suspend to hold in abeyance or defer action on (a sentence, etc.) 0
- verb transitive suspend to hang by a support from above so as to allow free movement 0
- verb transitive suspend to hold or keep (dust in the air, particles in a liquid, etc.) in suspension 0
- verb transitive suspend to keep in suspense, wonder, etc. 0
- verb transitive suspend to continue (a note) into the following chord 0
- intransitive verb suspend to stop temporarily 0
- intransitive verb suspend to withhold payment of debts or obligations, as through inability to pay 0