Pause word meaning and definition

[noun] temporary inactivity
[noun] a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
[verb] cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
[verb] interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

\Pause\, n. [F., fr. L. pausa. See {Pose}.] 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause where I shall first begin. --Shak. 3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. 4. 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. 5. A break or paragraph in writing. He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe. --Locke. 6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th {Hold}, 7. Syn: Stop; cessation; suspension.
\Pause\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pausing}.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See {Pause}, n., {Pose}.] 1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. ``Tarry, pause a day or two.'' --Shak. Pausing while, thus to herself she mused. --Milton. 2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses. 3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.] Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak. 4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. [R.] ``Take time to pause.'' --Shak. {To pause upon}, to deliberate concerning. --Shak. Syn: To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate; demur.
\Pause\, v. t. To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. [R.] --Shak.

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