Definition: A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action;
interruption; suspension; cessation.
Definition: Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Definition: In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension
of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their
parts.
Definition: 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.
Definition: A break or paragraph in writing.
Definition: A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
Definition: To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit
speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Definition: To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
Definition: To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Definition: To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
reflect.
Definition: To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
