'Suspend' definitions:
Definition of 'suspend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
verb
Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
verb
Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar]
verb
Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend]
verb
Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" [syn: suspend, set aside]
verb
Render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
Definition of 'Suspend'
From: GCIDE
- Suspend \Sus*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspended; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspending.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus- (see Sub-) + pendere to hang. See Pedant, and cf. Suspense, n.]
- 1. To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. [Archaic] --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay. [1913 Webster]
- Suspend your indignation against my brother. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near At once suspends their courage and their fear. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster]
- 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Chem.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. [1913 Webster]
- To suspend payment (Com.), to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay; hinder; debar. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suspend'
From: GCIDE
- Suspend \Sus*pend"\, 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). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suspend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- adjourn,
- annul,
- arrest,
- attach,
- blackball,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- break off,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cancel,
- cashier,
- cease,
- check,
- cleanse,
- cleanse away,
- continue,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- cut off,
- dangle,
- debar,
- deconsecrate,
- defer,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- delay,
- deliver,
- demote,
- depend,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- dethrone,
- disannul,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discontinue,
- discrown,
- disemploy,
- disenthrone,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- do away with,
- drag out,
- drum out,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- evict,
- exclude,
- excommunicate,
- expel,
- extend,
- fasten,
- fasten up,
- fire,
- free,
- free from,
- furlough,
- give release,
- give respite,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- hang,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- intermit,
- interrupt,
- invalidate,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay off,
- lay over,
- let go,
- let out,
- liquidate,
- make redundant,
- make void,
- nullify,
- oust,
- override,
- overrule,
- overthrow,
- pension,
- pension off,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- purge,
- purge away,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- put up,
- read out of,
- recall,
- recant,
- recess,
- reject,
- release,
- remove,
- remove from office,
- renege,
- repeal,
- replace,
- reprieve,
- rescind,
- reserve,
- retire,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- sling,
- snap the thread,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stop,
- stretch out,
- strip,
- strip of office,
- strip of rank,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- swing,
- table,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unchurch,
- unfrock,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- unthrone,
- vacate,
- void,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- withhold,
- write off