suspend
Pronunciation:
/səˈspɛnd/verb
Definitions
To halt something temporarily.
Example: The meeting was suspended for lunch.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
Example: to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
Example: to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
To hang freely; underhang.
Example: to suspend a ball by a thread