Definition of Suspend

Verb: suspend su'spend

Hang freely
"The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
Stop a process, activity or a habit
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country";
- freeze
(chemistry) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
"suspend the particles"
Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- debar
Make inoperative or stop
"suspend payments on the loan";
- set aside
Render temporarily ineffective
"the prison sentence was suspended"