vverb.contacthang freelyExamples:- The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
Derivationally Related Form:suspensionsuspender
Hypernyms:hang hang up
Inherited Hypernyms:suspendhangfastenattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:dangle
Full Troponyms:dangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changecause to be held in suspension in a fluidTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Derivationally Related Form:suspension
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:suspendchange
Direct Hyponyms:resuspend
Full Troponyms:resuspend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the lights from the ceiling (apply to: suspend)
vverb.socialbar temporarily; from school, office, etc.Synset:debar suspend
Derivationally Related Form:suspensiondebarment
Hypernyms:expel kick out throw out
Inherited Hypernyms:suspendexpelmove
Direct Hyponyms:rusticatesend down
Entailment:penalise penalize punish
Full Troponyms:send down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP
vverb.changestop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on itSynset:freeze suspend
Examples:- Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Derivationally Related Form:suspensionfreeze
Hypernyms:break interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:freezeinterruptendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake inoperative or stopSynset:set aside suspend
Examples:- suspend payments on the loan
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:suspendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.stativerender temporarily ineffectiveExamples:- the prison sentence was suspended
Hypernyms:defer hold over postpone prorogue put off put over remit set back shelve table
Inherited Hypernyms:suspendpostponedelaywaitact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.all(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachmentExamples:- suspended matter such as silt or mud...
- dust particles suspended in the air
- droplets in suspension in a gas
Antonyms:unsupported
Inherited Hypernyms:suspended
Similar to:supported