to suspend
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3.5
- verb
- /səˈspɛnd/
:
colgar
- During the experiment, we suspend the objects in water to observe how they behave.
- suspended from the ceiling
- suspended in the air
- suspended from a spring
They use two masses connected by a rod and suspended from a wire.
- They use two masses connected by a rod and suspended from a wire.
- What we have is suspended from some ceiling.
- Now this rope is suspended, it's not moving, and so mass object acceleration is just zero.
- Initially I wanted her suspended in the air from the chains, but I didn't know she was pregnant.
- I did a little different then I come down usually suspended our pictures which I love.
- And at the centre of all this, suspended between these two infinities, there's, there's odds.
Examples
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To help offset the weight, Tanaka wore the piece as it was suspended from the ceiling.
Academic text (2013) -
Here at Charterhouse, possibly in this very room, the Great Chamber, Stephen Gray built a wooden frame and from the top beam he suspended two swings using silk rope.
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And what I did was just suspend it and spin it.
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And the third is a frame in which you suspend the plastic.
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"Our first thought was that the lights were physically suspended in the air.
Academic text (2013) -
In the Brooklyn Bridge, a pedestrian deck was suspended independently of the main bridge structure.
Academic text (2012) -
For a moment, the objects hang shining and suspended in the light of the streetlamp.
Fiction book (1990) -
A freely swinging plumb line is suspended from the center of the protractor.
Academic text (1991) -
Light spilled down from a glowing filigree lamp suspended on golden chains from the ceiling.
Fiction book (1991) -
The artist decided to suspend the sculpture from the ceiling to create an illusion of it floating.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To attach something from above so it stays up
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2.3
Hang loosely so it can move or swing
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2.3
Put something on a wall or hook so it stays off the ground
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1.0
To hang down loosely from above
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3.2
To hang loosely so that something swings from a support
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3.0
Put a large sign or cloth up so people can see it
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8.4
To hang down from above so it moves freely
Idioms
How Suspended
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suspend comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and pendere 'to hang'. This is the literal sense: to suspend a lamp or a mobile is to hang it down from a support so it can swing or move.