English to English
suspend
(s/@/'sp/E/nd
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verb (v)
- cause to be held in suspension in a fluid(verb.change)Example:
Suspend the particles.
source: wordnet30 - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it(verb.change)Example:
Suspend the aid to the war-torn country.
source: wordnet30 - make inoperative or stop(verb.change)Example:
Suspend payments on the loan.
source: wordnet30 - render temporarily ineffective(verb.stative)Example:
The prison sentence was suspended.
source: wordnet30 - To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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).(verb)source: webster1913