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(n)
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
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(v)
(transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
A brief interval of rest or relief.
An interruption, break, pause or absence.
A pause or halt of some activity.
A pause or period of slackening.
A period of rest or soothing.
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
The act of something that stops; a halt.
To halt something temporarily.
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).
A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
Alternative form of letup. [A pause or period of slackening.]
(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
Complete immobility; a halt.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
A grasp or grip.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
One's opinion or point of view.
(communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
A period of time.
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
(computing, informal) An installation: the process of installing a software application.
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
A short break; a rest or respite.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
(figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
(chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
(sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
A male given name from Spanish.
(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
The act of rewinding.
To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
(transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
A particular point of time; an instant.
A quiet laugh.
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
(adj)
Of short duration; happening quickly.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
(adv)
(US, proscribed, duration) In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now.
(uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
Alternative spelling of re-evaluate. [(transitive) To evaluate again; reassess; revisit; reconsider.]
Alternative spelling of savour. [(countable) An aroma or smell.]
A persistent gaze.
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
A gentle push.
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
The act of backtracking.
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
hesitation
Lasting for only a moment.
A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
discontinued temporarily
To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.
(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
(transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.