Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.

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Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
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..
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..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Corona :: Corona (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.
Rest :: Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
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..
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
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..
Interpause :: Interpause (n.) An intermission.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
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..
Sentential :: sentential (a.) Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause..
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..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
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