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To halt something temporarily.
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The meeting was suspended for lunch.
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To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
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to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
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To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
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to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
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To hang freely; underhang.
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to suspend a ball by a thread
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To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
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To make to depend.
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To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
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to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club
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To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
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(travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.