Word Meaning

pause definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for pause

- Break button on recorder
- Brief stop
- Die down
- Ease up
- Hesitate
- Interval
- Lull
- Stop for a while
- temporary inactivity
- Temporary stop