The hangman suspended the thief from a gibbet as a warning to others.
•Jill suspended each decoration from a different branch.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
suspend — sus‧pend [səˈspend] verb [transitive] 1. to officially stop something from continuing or happening for a short time: • The company has suspended production at its Arkansas plant. • The troubled computer concern had to suspend dividend payments on … Financial and business terms
suspend — sus|pend [səˈspend] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop)¦ 2¦(leave a job/school)¦ 3¦(hang)¦ 4 suspend judgment 5 suspend disbelief 6 be suspended in something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: suspendre to hang up, interrupt , from Latin… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suspend — verb (T) 1 to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time: Sales of the drug will be suspended until more tests are completed. 2 to make someone leave school, a job, or an organization temporarily, especially because… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
suspend */*/ — UK [səˈspend] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms suspend : present tense I/you/we/they suspend he/she/it suspends present participle suspending past tense suspended past participle suspended 1) to officially stop someone from doing… … English dictionary
suspend — sus|pend [ sə spend ] verb transitive often passive ** 1. ) to officially stop something for a short time: Operations at the plant have been suspended because of safety concerns. a ) to officially stop someone from doing their job or going to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
suspend — [[t]səspe̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ suspends, suspending, suspended 1) VERB If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it. [V n] The union suspended strike action this week... [V n] A UN… … English dictionary
suspend*/ — [səˈspend] verb [T] 1) to order someone to leave their job or school for a short period of time as a punishment 2) to officially stop something for a short time Operations at the plant have been suspended because of safety concerns.[/ex] 3)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cut someone/something off — 1 they cut off his finger: SEVER, chop off, hack off; amputate. 2 oil and gas supplies were cut off: DISCONTINUE, break off, disconnect, suspend; stop, end … Useful english dictionary
exclude — exclude, debar, blackball, eliminate, rule out, shut out, disbar, suspend are comparable when meaning to prevent someone or something from forming part of something else as a member, a constituent, or a factor. Exclude implies a keeping out of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which … Wikipedia
hold — I. /hoʊld / (say hohld) verb (held, held or, Archaic, holden, holding) –verb (t) 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp. 2. to reserve; retain; set aside. 3. to bear, sustai …
