All suspend synonyms
susΒ·pend
S s verb suspend
- freeze β to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- adjourn β If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
- look the other way β look in the opposite direction
- count out β If you count out a sum of money, you count the notes or coins as you put them in a pile one by one.
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- hold up β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- ballasted β Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- furloughed β Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- break it up β stop fighting
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- disfranchise β to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- debar β If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- get involved β play a part
- beat around the bush β to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- blow off β If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- bung β A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- forfend β to defend, secure, or protect.
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- disfrock β to unfrock.
- edge in β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- lay over β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- hang β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- intermeddling β Present participle of intermeddle.
- interrupt β to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- cast out β To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- outmode β to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- come to an end β to become completed or exhausted
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- give notice β warn, inform
- defrock β If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- hold over β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- defrocked β Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
- disemploy β to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- defer β If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
- lose sight of β no longer see
- filibustering β Present participle of filibuster.
- blow the whistle on β to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- fall down β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.