suspended
IPA: sʌspˈɛndʌd
adjective
- Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (law) suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
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Examples of "suspended" in Sentences
- He was suspended from the school.
- The paper is then suspended in the solvent.
- The sentence was suspended because of provocation.
- A volleyball net is suspended between the stanchions.
- A light bulb hanging from the ceiling and a chandelier suspended on heavy chains filled the room with a yellow light.