suspend
Dangle from above
Suspend means to hang from above, leaving something dangling: A chandelier was suspended from the ceiling.
From this comes the sense of halting temporarily—something left hanging, unresolved: The game was suspended due to rain, They suspended judgment until more facts emerged.
To suspend a person is to temporarily bar them from a position or privilege: The student was suspended for fighting.
Suspended animation describes a state of biological inactivity.
In chemistry, particles suspended in liquid float without dissolving.
Complete sudden stop
adjourn · shelve · table · freeze · hold · intermission · hiatus · moratorium
Hang loosely, swaying
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- slingStrap-based support or launcher
hoist · cable · trapeze · chandelier · pendant · mobile · overhang · drape
Remove forcibly from membership
- excludeBar from participation
- disqualifyDeclare unfit to compete
- debarOfficially exclude from participation
- barDrinking establishment
dismiss · remove · bench · sideline · rusticate · ground · discipline · sanction
State of uncertain waiting
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- indeterminateNot exactly known
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
tentative · provisional · interim · temporary · contingent · undecided · in abeyance · up in the air
Stretched or strained state
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
apprehension · expectation · intrigue · foreboding · mystery · nail-biting · breathless · edge of seat
State of being submerged
- fictionImagined narrative work
- narrativeAccount of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- cinemaMotion picture theater
theater · fantasy · imagination · willingness · credulity · audience · escapism · verisimilitude
halt
Complete sudden stop
delay · adjourn · shelve · table · freeze · hold · intermission · hiatus · moratorium · recess
dangle
Hang loosely, swaying
sling · hoist · cable · trapeze · chandelier · pendant · mobile · overhang · drape · sway
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
- excludeBar from participation
- disqualifyDeclare unfit to compete
- debarOfficially exclude from participation
bar · dismiss · remove · bench · sideline · rusticate · ground · discipline · sanction · probation
limbo
State of uncertain waiting
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- indeterminateNot exactly known
awaiting · tentative · provisional · interim · temporary · contingent · undecided · in abeyance · up in the air · on hold
tension
Stretched or strained state
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
anxiety · apprehension · expectation · intrigue · foreboding · mystery · nail-biting · breathless · edge of seat · dramatic
immersion
State of being submerged
- fictionImagined narrative work
- narrativeAccount of events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
cinema · theater · fantasy · imagination · willingness · credulity · audience · escapism · verisimilitude · engrossment
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- work verbswork, hire, fire, quit, resign
- account actionssign up, sign in, log in, log out, login
- hoverfloat, levitate, drift, glide, hang
- shutdownshut down, power down, power off, turn off, switch off
suspendstart
To set going
begin · commence · launch · initiate · inaugurate
suspendreinstate
Return to previous position
restore · unsuspend · reestablish · return · reactivate
- suspension bridgesRoadways hung from cables
- suspended animationHalted vital functions, reversible
- suspend one's disbeliefAccept fiction as real temporarily
- school suspensionPunishment barring student attendance
- suspension of hostilitiesAgreed halt to combat
- suspended licenseDriving privilege temporarily removed
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