Meaning & Definition of Suspend in English
English⟶
Suspend
/səspɛnd/
verb
1. Hang freely
- "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
synonym:
- suspend
2. Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
- "Suspend the particles"
synonym:
- suspend
3. Bar temporarily
- From school, office, etc.
synonym:
- suspend,
- debar
4. Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
synonym:
- freeze,
- suspend
5. Make inoperative or stop
- "Suspend payments on the loan"
synonym:
- suspend,
- set aside
6. Render temporarily ineffective
- "The prison sentence was suspended"
synonym:
- suspend