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the team. 3 [+obj+adv/prep, especially from] vml to hang from above: They suspended a rope from a branch. 4 [usually pass.] vml to hold still in liquid or air: They could see the dust suspended in the beam of light.
**sus.pend.ed ani'mation** n [U] 1 temporary suspension of life in the body, as in a person who has almost drowned 2 (especially in SCIENCE FICTION stories) such a state, which someone is held in or trapped in, to be brought back to normal life later
**sus.pend.ed 'sen.tence** n a punishment given by a court of a period in prison which the offender only has to serve if he or she COMMITS another crime in that period of time. This type of sentence can be given for a crime where the punishment is up to two years in prison, and is given for two main reasons: first, to reduce the prison population, and secondly, because the court believes that the threat of prison will be enough to stop the person re-offending. ➔ compare CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE
**sus.pen.der** /səˈspendə/ BrE | **gar**ter AmE — n. a fastener hanging down from an UNDERGARMENT (a suspender belt/ garter belt) to hold a woman's STOCKINGS up. These are now less common, as many women prefer to wear TIGHTS instead, but stockings are considered more sexy and may be worn for this reason.
**sus.pend.ers** /səˈspendəz||-ərz/ n [P] AmE for BRACES ➔ see PAIR (USAGE)
**sus.pense** /səˈspens/ n [U] a state of uncertainty about something that is undecided or not yet known, causing either anxiety or sometimes pleasant excitement: The competitors in the beauty contest were kept in suspense waiting for the result. | The suspense was unbearable. | The children waited in suspense to hear the end of the story.
**sus.pen.sion** /səˈspenən/ n 1 [U] the act of suspending or the fact of being suspended: The government has ordered the immediate suspension of exports to that country. | I thought her suspension from the team was a very harsh punishment. 2 [C] a liquid mixture with very small pieces of solid material contained but not combined in the liquid ➔ compare COLLOID and see also SUSPEND 3 [C] the apparatus fixed to the wheels of a car, motorcycle etc, to lessen the effects of rough road surfaces
**sus'pen.sion bridge** n a bridge hung from CABLES (=strong steel ropes) fixed to towers ➔ see picture at BRIDGE
**sus.pi.cion** /səˈspɪʃən/ n 1 [C;U] a) (a) belief that someone is or may be guilty; a case of suspecting or being suspected (SUSPECT): She's been arrested on suspicion of spying. | He is under suspicion of murder. | I'm not sure who took it, but I have my suspicions. b) lack of trust: She always treated us with suspicion. 2 [C] a feeling of suspecting (SUSPECT) the truth or existence of something bad or unpleasant: The boy's pale face and lack of appetite aroused the teacher's suspicions. | [+(that)] I have a suspicion (that) you're right. 3 [S(of)] a slight amount (of something seen, heard, tasted etc): just a suspicion of garlic in the soup
**sus.pi.cious** /səˈspɪʃəs/ adj 1 [of, about;] suspecting (SUSPECT) guilt or wrongdoing; not trusting: suspicious of her intentions | I'm a bit suspicious about that package that's been left in the corridor. | His strange behaviour made the police suspicious. 2 causing one to suspect (SUSPECT) guilt, wrongdoing etc; SUSPECT: suspicious behaviour | That package in the corridor looks a bit suspicious. | If you see anything suspicious, inform the police at once. | a suspicious-looking character -**ly** adv: She looked at me suspiciously. | He was arrested for acting suspiciously. | (humor) That pen you're using looks suspiciously like the one I lost last week.
**suss** /sʌs/ v [T+(that);obj] BrE slang to discover the fact that; REALIZE: I soon sussed that he wasn't telling the truth.
**suss sthg. out** phr v [T] BrE slang to find out details about quietly or secretly: They must have sussed out the layout of the office before planning the robbery.
**Sus.sex** /ˈsʌsɪks/ an area and former COUNTY on the south coast of England, divided since 1974 into East Sussex and West Sussex. It has many attractive small villages, and is thought of as a wealthy, mainly MIDDLE-CLASS area.
**sus.tain** /səˈsteɪn/ v [T] 1 to keep up the strength, spirits, or determination of: A light meal won't sustain us through the day. | She ate a good sustaining breakfast before she went out. |
The knowledge that a rescue team would be searching for them sustained the trapped miners. 2 to keep in existence over a long period; MAINTAIN: He couldn't sustain his interest in it. | She owes her success to sustained hard work. | three years of sustained economic growth 3 fml to suffer (harm or loss): The car sustained severe damage in the accident. 4 fml to hold up (the weight of something): I don't think this floor will sustain the weight of a grand piano. 5 law to accept as being in accordance with the law or justice: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
**sus.tain.a.ble** /səˈsteɪnəbl/ adj (of a policy, process etc) able to continue or last for a long time: sustainable economic development | a sustainable rate of growth
**sus.te.nance** /ˈsʌstnəns/ n [U] fml 1 the ability of food to keep people strong and healthy: You won't get much sustenance out of one bar of chocolate. 2 food which does this; NOURISHMENT: The children were thin and badly in need of sustenance.
**Sut.cliffe, Peter** /ˈsʌtklɪf/ ➔ see YORKSHIRE RIPPER
**Suth.er.land, Dame Joan** /ˈsʌðələnd||-ðər-, dʒəʊn/ (1926-) an Australian OPERA singer, who is thought to be one of the most important SOPRANOS (=women with high singing voices) of the 20th century. She is known as La Stupenda because of the great beauty of her singing, and she sang in opera houses all over the world from the 1950s to the 1980s.
**Sutherland, Don.ald** /ˈdɒnəld||ˈda:-/ (1935-) a Canadian film actor whose films include Mash, Don't Look Now, and Cold Mountain. His son, Keifer Sutherland, is also an actor.
**Sutherland, Gra.ham** (1903-80) a British artist, known especially for his picture of Winston CHURCHILL, which Lady Churchill (Churchill's wife) later burned because she did not like it
Sutherland, Kei-fer
/ˈkiː:fər/ (1966-) a Canadian film and television actor whose films include The Lost Boys and Young Guns. He is especially well-known for playing the part of AGENT Jack Bauer in the television series 24. His father, Donald Sutherland, is also an actor.
Kiefer Sutherland
**su.tra** /ˈsuːtrə/ n (a piece of) Hindu holy writing
**sut.tee** /ˈsʌti:/ n [U] the ancient custom in the Hindu religion of a wife being burnt with her dead husband. This is forbidden in India now, but is still carried out in spite of this and the woman is believed to go to the Hindu PARADISE as a reward.
**Sut.ter's Mill** /sʌtəz ˈmɪll-tərz/ a SAWMILL (=place where trees are cut into boards) owned by John Sutter, where gold was first found in California. This event is considered to have started the GOLD RUSH in 1849.
**Sut.ton Hoo** /sʌtn ˈhu:/ a place in Suffolk, eastern England, where people digging in 1939 found a 7th century Saxon ship with weapons, jewellery, and other things believed to have been buried with a king
**su.ture¹** /ˈsjuːtʃər/ n (a stitch or stitches used in) the sewing together of a wound
**suture²** v [T] to sew up with sutures: The doctor sutured the wound.
**SUV** /es juː ˈviː/ n AmE abbrev. for sport-utility vehicle; a type of vehicle that is bigger than a car and is made for travelling over rough ground
**Su.wan.nee, the** /səˈwnɪl-ˈwa:-/ also the **Swan.ee** a river in the south of the US, flowing through Georgia and Florida to the Gulf of Mexico, and made famous by the old song Swanee River by Stephen FOSTER
**su.ze.rain** /ˈsjuːzəreɪn||-rən, -reɪn/ n fml, becoming rare 1 a state which controls the foreign affairs of another state 2 (in former times) a ruling lord
**su.ze.rain.ty** /ˌsjuːzəˈrænti/ n [U] fml, becoming rare the fact or state of being a suzerain