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suspendre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • append verb To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
  • halt verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
  • hang verb To attach something at the top so it hangs down freely, or to be suspended in this way.
  • suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.

Senses

suspendre is used for these senses in English:

  • append (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
  • halt (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  • hang (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
  • hang (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  • hang up (transitive) To put up to hang.
  • suspend To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

append — full definition

  1. verb To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
  2. verb To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.
  3. verb To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

halt — full definition

  1. verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
  2. noun A stop, especially a temporary one.

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