The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
(Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.
(vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
(US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers. Called braces in other parts of the world.
(Britain) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.
“Underwear with suspender elastic hanging off may have looked chicly fetishistic on the women but positively frightful on the men.”
“She was dressed in a suspender belt, stockings and wearing rubber gloves which he liked.”
“Some spider thongs, suspender G-strings, and skimpy tops come with a warning that they aren't for everyone.”
suspenders
(US) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off. (Britain) Braces.
(anatomy) Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
“This deceptive suspenser has many strong qualities, and slowly tightens over a superbly gripping first hour.”
“Fin de siecle suspenser has atmosphere and a classy veneer, but is really kind of stagey and musty.”
“It's a supernatural psychological suspenser in which a puddle of water, a half glimpsed figure and a child's handbag are enough to turn your blood to ice.”
suspensation
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time.
