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English verb: suspend | |||
| 1. | suspend (contact) hang freely | ||
| Samples | The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hang, hang up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dangle | ||
| 2. | suspend (change) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid | ||
| Samples | Suspend the particles. | ||
| Examples | They suspend the lights from the ceiling | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | resuspend | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 3. | suspend (social) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | ||
| Synonyms | debar | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expel, kick out, throw out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rusticate, send down | ||
| Entail | penalise, penalize, punish | ||
| 4. | suspend (change) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | ||
| Samples | Suspend the aid to the war-torn country. | ||
| Synonyms | freeze | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, interrupt | ||
| 5. | suspend (change) make inoperative or stop | ||
| Samples | Suspend payments on the loan. | ||
| Synonyms | set aside | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 6. | suspend (stative) render temporarily ineffective | ||
| Samples | The prison sentence was suspended. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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