pause

1. n. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. Source: opted

2. n. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. Source: opted

3. n. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. Source: opted

4. n. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses. Source: opted

5. n. A break or paragraph in writing. Source: opted

6. n. A hold. See 4th Hold, 7. Source: opted

7. n. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. Source: opted

8. n. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses. Source: opted

9. n. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. Source: opted

10. n. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. Source: opted

11. v. t. To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. Source: opted

12. n. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Source: wordnet

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