suspend

verb ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about suspend at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Hang freely.

   The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them

2. Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid.

   suspend the particles

3. Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.