Suspend (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

• The decorations will suspend from the ceiling at the wedding reception.
• A spider's web often suspend in a corner of a room.
• Cables are used to suspend bridges over deep valleys.
• The chandelier will suspend 3 feet above the dining table.
• A group of bats suspend upside down from the cave ceiling.

Hypernyms

• Hang Up

Related Words

• Suspension (noun)
• Suspender (noun)

Meaning ²

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Freeze

Hypernyms

• Interrupt

Related Words

• Suspension (noun)

Meaning ³

Render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

• Defer
• Set Back
• Put Off
• Table
• Shelve
• Remit
• Prorogue
• Hold Over
• Put Over

Meaning ⁴

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc..

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Debar

Hypernyms

• Kick Out
• Throw Out

Hyponyms

• Rusticate

Related Words

• Suspension (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Related Words

• Suspension (noun)

Meaning ⁶

Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Set Aside

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify