SUSPEND

suspend

Verb

  1. To halt something temporarily.
    The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
    to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
  3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
    to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
  4. To hang freely; underhang.
    to suspend a ball by a thread
  5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
  6. To make to depend.
  7. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
    to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club
  8. To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.


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