Suspend | Mean of suspend in English Dictionary

/səˈspɛnd/

• Verb
• to force (someone) to leave a job, position, or place for a usually short period of time as a form of punishment
1. He was suspended from the team for missing too many practices.
2. The police officers were suspended without pay for their conduct.
3. The principal suspended the student from school for fighting.
• to stop (something) for a usually short period of time
1. The city suspended bus service during the storm.
2. The company was forced to suspend operations.
3. They have suspended the peace talks.
4. The plot is ridiculous, but if you can suspend (your) disbelief [=allow yourself to believe that something is true even though it seems impossible], it's an enjoyable movie.
• to make (something) happen later
1. The judge suspended [=postponed] the hearing for one week.
2. I advise suspending judgment until the investigation is over.

• to make (something) invalid or ineffective for a usually short period of time
1. Her license to practice law was suspended.
2. We can suspend the rules just this once.
3. He's driving with a suspended license.
• to hang something so that it is free on all sides except at the point of support
1. They suspended the lantern from the ceiling.
2. A pot of stew was suspended over the fire.
3. a wire suspended between two poles [=hung so that it is attached at each end to a pole]
• to prevent (something) from falling or sinking by some invisible support
1. Dust was suspended [=was floating] in the air.
2. The structure appears to be suspended in space.