Definition of suspend

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Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone..

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Sabretasche :: Sabretasche (n.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt..
Cassican :: Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action..
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..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..
Square-toed :: Square-rigged (a.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..
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..
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Lance :: Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Impending :: Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.
Suspensor :: Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful..
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Magnetic :: Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian..
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..
Apositic :: Apositic (a.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger..
Suspension :: Suspensible (a.) Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
Trolly :: Trolly (n.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
Brace :: Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Milk :: Milk (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts..
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