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.

[ Syn: debar ]

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

[ Syn: freeze ]

make inoperative or stop; suspend payments on the loan

[ Syn: set aside ]

render temporarily ineffective; the prison sentence was suspended'