| pendant | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pendant, pendent | an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring). |
| ~ adornment | a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness. |
| ~ lavalier, lavaliere, lavalliere | jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck. |
| ~ necklace | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women). |
| ~ drop earring, eardrop, pendant earring | an earring with a pendant ornament. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chandelier, pendant, pendent | branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling. |
| ~ lighting fixture | a fixture providing artificial light. |
| adj. | 3. dependent, pendant, pendent | held from above.; "a pendant bunch of grapes" |
| ~ supported | held up or having the weight borne especially from below.; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends" |
| suspend | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. suspend | hang freely.; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" |
| ~ hang, hang up | cause to be hanging or suspended.; "Hang that picture on the wall" |
| ~ dangle | cause to dangle or hang freely.; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree" |
| v. (change) | 2. suspend | cause to be held in suspension in a fluid.; "suspend the particles" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ resuspend | put back into suspension.; "resuspend particles" |
| v. (social) | 3. debar, suspend | bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. |
| ~ penalise, penalize, punish | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| ~ send down, rusticate | suspend temporarily from college or university, in England. |
| v. (change) | 4. freeze, suspend | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
| ~ break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| v. (change) | 5. set aside, suspend | make inoperative or stop.; "suspend payments on the loan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (stative) | 6. suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
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