suspend

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

sus·pend (sə-spĕndʹ)v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pendsv. tr.
1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment:
suspend a student from school.
2. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
suspended the trial.
3.
a. To hold in abeyance; defer:
suspend judgment.
See Synonyms at defer¹.
b. To render temporarily ineffective:
suspend a jail sentence; suspend all parking regulations.
4. To hang so as to allow free movement:
suspended the mobile from the ceiling.
5. To support or keep from falling without apparent attachment, as by buoyancy:
suspend oneself in the water.v. intr.
1. To cease for a period; delay.
2. To fail to make payments or meet obligations. [Middle English suspenden, from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere: sub-, from below; see sub- + pendere, to hang; See (s)pen- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  set aside, freeze, debar