suspended
/səˈspɛndɪd/ adjective B2- suspended animation
- suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- A chemical suspension
- Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
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Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantel-piece.
His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went.
EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults.
“To fall,” continued King Louis, who at the first glance had sounded the abyss on which the monarchy hung suspended,—“to fall, and learn of that fall by telegraph!
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