The workers carefully positioned the stone that was suspended by a steel cable.
•Will suspended the decoration by a fine thread.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 — [13] To suspend something is etymologically to ‘hang it up’. The word comes via Old French suspendre from Latin suspendere ‘hang up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘up from under’, hence ‘up’, and pendere ‘hang’ (source of English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
suspend — [13] To suspend something is etymologically to ‘hang it up’. The word comes via Old French suspendre from Latin suspendere ‘hang up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘up from under’, hence ‘up’, and pendere ‘hang’ (source of English… … Word origins
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 , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspending}.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus (see {Sub }) + pendere to hang. See {Pedant},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suspend judgment — phrase to delay making a decision about something until you know more about it Thesaurus: to not change, or to refuse to change your opinionsynonym Main entry: suspend … Useful english dictionary
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 — suspendible, adj. suspendibility, n. /seuh spend /, v.t. 1. to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling. 2. to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge. 3. to keep from falling,… … Universalium
Suspend the rules — NOTOC A motion to suspend the rules, in parliamentary procedure, is used to allow a deliberative assembly to do something that it could not normally do without violating special rules of order, rules contained in the parliamentary authority, the… … Wikipedia
