suspending
Putting on hold
Suspending is the present participle of suspend, carrying its senses of hanging, halting, or temporarily removing.
Something suspending in liquid floats without sinking.
A school suspending a student bars them temporarily.
A company suspending operations pauses them indefinitely: They're suspending production until demand recovers.
Suspending disbelief means setting aside skepticism to engage with fiction.
Complete sudden stop
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- breakInterrupt continuity
cessation · hiatus · moratorium · adjournment · recess · delay · deferral · postponement
Suspended and swaying freely
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- mobileCapable of movement
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
piñata · meathook · skyhook · suspenders · hoist · rope · overhang · hammock
Fluid's upward resistance
- bobberFishing line indicator
- driftwoodSea-delivered shore lumber
- kelpLarge brown marine algae
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
jellyfish · waterlily · duckweed · swimmer · pontoon · raft · inflatable · levitation
State of being submerged
- fictionImagined narrative work
- theaterVenue for live drama
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
narrative · cinema · performance · willingness · escapism · fantasy · drama · illusion
Forced permanent removal
- probationSupervised trial period
- banOfficial restriction on something
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- barringExcluding from consideration
exclusion · dismissal · removal · penalty · sanction · reinstatement · appeal · misconduct
halt
Complete sudden stop
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
break · cessation · hiatus · moratorium · adjournment · recess · delay · deferral · postponement · hold
dangling
Suspended and swaying freely
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- mobileCapable of movement
trapeze · piñata · meathook · skyhook · suspenders · hoist · rope · overhang · hammock · swing
buoyancy
Fluid's upward resistance
plankton · jellyfish · waterlily · duckweed · swimmer · pontoon · raft · inflatable · levitation · hovercraft
immersion
State of being submerged
- fictionImagined narrative work
- theaterVenue for live drama
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
imagination · narrative · cinema · performance · willingness · escapism · fantasy · drama · illusion · make-believe
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- probationSupervised trial period
- banOfficial restriction on something
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
barring · exclusion · dismissal · removal · penalty · sanction · reinstatement · appeal · misconduct · violation
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- containingcontaining, enclosing, encasing, wrapping, enveloping
- gentle handlingcradling, cushioning, padding, wrapping, swaddling
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
suspendingcontinuing
Going on without stopping
maintaining · perpetuating · persisting · carrying on · sustaining
suspendingadvancing
Moving in forward direction
proceeding · finishing · completing · concluding · progressing
suspendingresuming
Beginning again after pause
reinstating · restarting · recommencing · starting · beginning
- suspending one's disbeliefAccepting fiction's impossible premises
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