| Verb | 1. | suspend - hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall" dangle - cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree" | |
| 2. | suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" resuspend - put back into suspension; "resuspend particles" | |
| 3. | suspend - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | |
| 4. | suspend - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"break, interrupt - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" | |
| 5. | suspend - make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | |
| 6. | suspend - as of a prison sentence | |