pause
n. இடை ஓய்வு, இடைத் தயக்கம், இடை நிறுத்தம், பேச்சிடை ஓய்வு, படிப்பிடைத் தயக்கம், (இசை.) சுரம் அல்லது நிறுத்தக்குறியின் கீழ் இடும் நீட்டிப்புக் குறி, (வினை.) இடைத்தயங்கு, இடையே சிறிதுநிறுத்து, காத்திரு, மெல்ல நிறுத்திச் செல், நின்று தயங்கி மேற்செல்.
Synonyms
#noun stop, cessation, suspension, halt, intermission, rest #verb cease, suspend, intermit, forbear, stay, wait, hesitate, demur,stop, desist
Antonyms
#noun continuance, advancement, perseverance #verb continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevere
Pause, n. Etym: [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.) Defn: A hold. See 4th Hold, 7. Syn. -- Stop; cessation; suspension. Pause, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paused; p. pr. & vb. n. Pausing.] Etym: [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. Defn: To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. [R.] Shak.