suspend

IPA: sʌspˈɛnd

To halt something temporarily.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
To hang freely; underhang.
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
(obsolete) 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.
(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
(travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Examples of "suspend" in Sentences

He was suspended from the school.
The board decided to suspend the student.
Suspend the disbelief and enjoy the story.
The paper is then suspended in the solvent.
The defence requested to suspend the trial.
The board may suspend or cancel the programs.
The sentence was suspended because of provocation.
A volleyball net is suspended between the stanchions.
Please stop now, or I will suspend your editing privileges.
"That's why we use the word suspend and not cancel," he says.
I want to emphasize the word suspend as opposed to the word cancel.
The global warming law that Prop 23 would suspend is just the latest example.
In power schemes (laptop) selective suspend is enabled. is there another way to enable power saving on USB ports?
A light bulb hanging from the ceiling and a chandelier suspended on heavy chains filled the room with a yellow light.
KING: Now some aides are telling us tonight that Senator McCain might use the term suspend when he makes this announcement tomorrow.
Honestly, if we are going to use the fact that Harriet Mier is not qualified because she is suspend from the Texas Bar on the techinically of her forgetting to pay her dues is nothing but redudant