Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..

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Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
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..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..
Ceaseless :: Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.
Pause :: 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..
Pauser :: Pauser (n.) One who pauses.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Pause :: Pause (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..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..
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