suspended

(verb) hang freely. Synonyms: suspend. Example: "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them."

(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid. Synonyms: suspend. Example: "Suspend the particles."

(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. Synonyms: suspend, debar.

(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. Synonyms: freeze, suspend. Example: "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country."

(verb) make inoperative or stop. Synonyms: suspend, set aside. Example: "Suspend payments on the loan."

(verb) render temporarily ineffective. Synonyms: suspend. Example: "The prison sentence was suspended."

(adj) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment. Examples: "Suspended matter such as silt or mud...." "Dust particles suspended in the air." "Droplets in suspension in a gas."