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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pause
n 1: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn: pause, intermission, break,
interruption, suspension]
2: temporary inactivity
v 1: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The
speaker paused" [syn: hesitate, pause]
2: cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station
identification"; "let's break for lunch" [syn: pause,
intermit, break]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n.
1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the
manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp;
clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take
and lay.
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Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
--Chaucer.
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Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson.
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My soul took hold on thee. --Addison.
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Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv.
13.
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2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
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The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak.
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3. Binding power and influence.
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Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest
hold of. --Tillotson.
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4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
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If a man be upon an high place without rails or good
hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon.
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5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody;
guard.
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They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
--Acts. iv. 3.
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King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
Of Bolingbroke. --Shak.
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6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
-- often called a stronghold. --Chaucer.
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New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson.
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7. (Mus.) A character [thus ?] placed over or under a note or
rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called
also pause, and corona.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pause \Pause\ (p[add]z), n. [F., fr. L. pausa. See Pose.]
1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action;
interruption; suspension; cessation.
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2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence;
doubt.
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I stand in pause where I shall first begin. --Shak.
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3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension
of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of
sentences and their parts.
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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.
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5. A break or paragraph in writing.
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He writes with warmth, which usually neglects
method, and those partitions and pauses which men
educated in schools observe. --Locke.
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6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
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Syn: Stop; cessation; suspension.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pause \Pause\, v. t.
To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. [R.] --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pause \Pause\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paused (p[add]zd); 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.
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Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused.
--Milton.
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2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
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Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak.
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4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
reflect. [R.] "Take time to pause." --Shak.
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To pause upon, to deliberate concerning. --Shak.
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Syn: To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate;
demur.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Corona \Co*ro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. Coron[ae] (-n?), E.
Coronas (-n?z). [L. corona crown. See Crown.]
1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward
for distinguished services.
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2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the
under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as
to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
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3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or
the skull; a crown.
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4. (Zool.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
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5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola,
which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the
sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
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6. (Bot.)
(a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often
forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
(b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
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7. (Meteorol.)
(a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of
the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as
the sun or moon.
(b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by
the concentration or convergence of luminous beams
around the point in the heavens indicated by the
direction of the dipping needle.
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8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of
churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It
is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged
pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. --Fairholt.
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9. (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the pause or hold.
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7. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
PAUSE
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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