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# suspend

verb (suspend, suspends, suspended, suspending)

«suspend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To suspend something is to hang it from above: a lamp suspended from the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#m1)
2. To suspend something is to stop it for a while: matches were suspended because of snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#m2)
3. To suspend a pupil, worker or player is to stop them from coming to school, work or playing for a time as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#m3)
4. (science) If tiny bits are suspended in a liquid or gas, they float in it without sinking or dissolving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#m4)

### In the lessons

School life: a pupil can be suspended (UK: «excluded» for a fixed time) for serious bad behaviour. Science: in a suspension (like muddy water) bits float and slowly settle; this is different from a solution. Everyday news: trains suspended, services suspended. Stories: «suspend disbelief» means pretending for a while that a magic story is real. Phrases: «suspended sentence» (law), «suspended animation».

### Examples

- A big chandelier was suspended from the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x1)
- All flights were suspended because of the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x2)
- He was suspended from school for fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x3)
- The player was suspended for two matches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x4)
- Mud particles were suspended in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x5)
- The bridge is suspended from strong cables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x6)
- The club suspended training during the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x7)
- For this purpose she jumped upon a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/#x8)

### Note

Noun forms: suspension (the act or a mixture), suspense (the tense feeling in a story). «Suspension bridge» = a bridge hung from cables. Do not confuse «suspend» with «expel» (to remove permanently).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suspend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suspend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suspend.html) on Mova free.