| VERB | contact | suspend | hang freely |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | suspend | cause to be held in suspension in a fluid | |
| social | suspend, debar | bar temporarily | |
| change | suspend, freeze | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | |
| change | suspend, set aside | make inoperative or stop | |
| stative | suspend | render temporarily ineffective / ineffective / ineffective |
| Sounds | sahspeh'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | hang freely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" | |
| Narrower | dangle | Cause to dangle or hang freely |
| Broader | hang, hang up | Cause to be hanging or suspended |
| Spanish | colgar, suspender | |
| Catalan | susprendre | |
| Nouns | suspender | elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) |
| suspension | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | |
| Meaning | Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They suspend the lights from the ceiling | |
| Example | "suspend the particles" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | resuspend | put back into suspension |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | suspender | |
| Catalan | suspendre | |
| Nouns | suspension | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) |
| suspension | a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy | |
| Meaning | bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonym | debar | |
| Entails | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
| Narrower | send down, rusticate | suspend temporarily from college or university, in England |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Spanish | suspender | |
| Nouns | suspension | a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) |
| Meaning | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" | |
| Synonym | freeze | |
| Broader | interrupt, break | terminate |
| Spanish | congelar, suspender | |
| Catalan | congelar, suspendre | |
| Nouns | suspension | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| suspension | temporary cessation or suspension | |
| suspension | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | |
| Meaning | make inoperative or stop. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "suspend payments on the loan" | |
| Synonym | set aside | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | segregar, suspender | |
| Catalan | suspendre | |
| Meaning | Render temporarily ineffective / ineffective / ineffective. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the prison sentence was suspended" | |
| Broader | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off | hold back to a later time |
| Spanish | suspender | |
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