suspend.
To halt something temporarily.
Meaning & usage
To halt something temporarily.
The meeting was suspended for lunch.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
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.
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Where this word comes from
From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.
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