- to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge.
- to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid.
- to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment.
- to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person.
- to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment.
- to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like: to suspend ferry service.
- to debar, usually for a limited time, from the exercise of an office or function or the enjoyment of a privilege: The student was suspended from school.
- to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair.
- to prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord.
- to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time.
- to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations.
- to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling.
- to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc.
- to hang from above so as to permit free movement
- to cause to remain floating or hanging
- to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily
- to hold in abeyance; postpone action on
- to debar temporarily from privilege, office, etc, as a punishment
- to cause (particles) to be held in suspension in a fluid
- to continue (a note) until the next chord is sounded, with which it usually forms a dissonance
- to cease payment, as from incapacity to meet financial obligations
- to put or keep in a state of anxiety or wonder
- to be attached from above
