suspend

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To stop something for a period of time before it continues again.

   The meeting was suspended for lunch.

2. 2
   verb

   To officially stop someone from a job, school, or activity for a time as a punishment.

   The player was suspended for three games after the foul.

3. 3
   verb

   To hang something so that it does not touch the ground.

   They suspended the lamp from the ceiling with a long chain.

4. 4
   verb

   To keep small particles floating evenly in a liquid or gas.

   The dust was suspended in the still air of the old room.

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

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