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Verb pause has 2 senses
- hesitate, pause - interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
--1 is one way to delay
Sample sentence:
They pause a long time
- pause, intermit, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
--2 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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