suspended

sus·pend  (s-spnd)

v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends

v.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.

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[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.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

suspended - (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas" supported - held up or having the weight borne especially from below; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends"