Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

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Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Menopause :: Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Ceaseless :: Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes..
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..
Attacca :: Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause..
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.
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