Definition of suspend

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Suspending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspen.

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Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..
Dooly :: Dooly (n.) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin..
Swing :: Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..
Suspensory :: Suspensorium (n.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals..
Self-suspended :: Self-suspended (a.) Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..
Suspensoria :: Suspensor (n.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner..
Settler :: Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle..
Astatic :: Astatic (a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action..
Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something..
Mesoarium :: Mesoarium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.
Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..
Swordbill :: Sword (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Reprieve :: Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days..
Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.
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