"suspended" in the verb sense
1. suspend
hang freely
"The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. suspend
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
"suspend the particles"
3. suspend, debar
bar temporarily from school, office, etc.
4. freeze, suspend
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
5. suspend, set aside
make inoperative or stop
"suspend payments on the loan"
6. suspend
render temporarily ineffective
"the prison sentence was suspended"
"suspended" in the adjective sense
1. suspended
of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
"suspended matter such as silt or mud..."
"dust particles suspended in the air"
"droplets in suspension in a gas"
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