suspend

Meanings

Verb

hang freely
- "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
- "suspend the particles"
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
make inoperative or stop
- "suspend payments on the loan"
render temporarily ineffective
- "the prison sentence was suspended"
To halt something temporarily.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
To hang freely; underhang.
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
To make to depend.
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

Synonyms

debar, freeze, set aside

Antonyms

resume

Scrabble Score: 10

suspend is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
suspend is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
suspend is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

suspend is a valid Words With Friends word