suspended
/səˈspɛndɪd/
verb
Meaning
To halt something temporarily.
"The meeting was suspended for lunch."
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
"to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief"
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
"to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program"
To hang freely; underhang.
"to suspend a ball by a thread"
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
To make to depend.
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"
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
(travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
adjective
Meaning
Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
Hung from above.
(of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
(of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
A chemical suspension
(of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
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