suspend
suspend Lexical Profile
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• verb
To temporarily stop, delay, or interrupt an activity, rule, or process.
"The airline decided to suspend all flights to the region until the severe weather cleared."
To temporarily bar someone from a school, job, or sports team as a disciplinary measure.
"The principal had no choice but to suspend the student for three days after the altercation."
To hang something from a high point so that it moves freely without support from below.
"The museum curators decided to suspend the whale skeleton from the main hall ceiling."
To keep small particles dispersed throughout a liquid or gas so that they do not settle to the bottom.
"Fine clay particles can remain suspended in fast-moving river water for miles."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 13th century from Old French 'suspendre', from Latin 'suspendere' ('to hang up, interrupt, or leave in uncertainty'), formed from 'sub-' ('under, from below') and 'pendere' ('to hang').