suspend
♦ sus|pend /səsp'end/ (suspends suspending suspended)
1 [VERB] V n
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
2 [VERB] be V-ed, V n
If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident...
The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
...a mobile of birds or nursery rhyme characters which could be suspended over the cot.
1 [VERB] V n
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
2 [VERB] be V-ed, V n
If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident...
The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
...a mobile of birds or nursery rhyme characters which could be suspended over the cot.