'Suspended' definitions:
Definition of 'suspended'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas"
Definition of 'Suspended'
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]
Synonyms of 'suspended'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- apathetic,
- broken,
- broken off,
- cascading,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- dangling,
- dead,
- decousu,
- dependent,
- depending,
- disconnected,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- disjunctive,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- dull,
- episodic,
- extra,
- falling,
- falling loosely,
- fitful,
- flat,
- flowing,
- foul,
- fresh,
- groggy,
- hanging,
- heavy,
- held back,
- held in reserve,
- held out,
- herky-jerky,
- hung,
- in abeyance,
- in hand,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- incoherent,
- inert,
- intermittent,
- interrupted,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- languid,
- languorous,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- logy,
- mint,
- new,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- original,
- parenthetic,
- passive,
- patchy,
- pendent,
- pending,
- pendulant,
- pendular,
- penduline,
- pendulous,
- pensile,
- phlegmatic,
- pristine,
- put aside,
- put by,
- reserve,
- saved,
- scrappy,
- sedentary,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- smoldering,
- snatchy,
- spare,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- stagnant,
- standing,
- static,
- stored,
- swinging,
- tame,
- to spare,
- torpid,
- unapplied,
- unaroused,
- unbeaten,
- unconnected,
- unconsumed,
- unemployed,
- unexercised,
- unexpended,
- unhandled,
- unjoined,
- unspent,
- unsuccessive,
- untapped,
- untouched,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unutilized,
- waived,
- weeping