nnoun.timea time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethingSynset:break intermission interruption suspension
Derivationally Related Form:breaksuspendpause
Hypernyms:interval time interval
Inherited Hypernyms:pausetime intervalmeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:blackoutcaesuradead airdelayhalftimeholdlapseletuplullpostponementreliefrespiterestrest periodtime-outtime lagwait
Full Hyponyms:blackoutbreathcaesuradead airdelayextensionhalftimelapseletupmoratoriumrespiteretardationtime-out
nnoun.acttemporary inactivityDerivationally Related Form:pause
Hypernyms:inactivity
Inherited Hypernyms:pauseinactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:breakfalterfalteringfreezehalthesitationintermissionrecessrespitetime outwaver
Full Hyponyms:freezehesitationintermissionrespitespring break
vverb.stativeinterrupt temporarily an activity before continuingSynset:hesitate
Derivationally Related Form:hesitaterhesitationpause
Hypernyms:delay
Inherited Hypernyms:hesitatedelaywaitact
Direct Hyponyms:hem and hawscruple
Full Troponyms:hem and hawscruple
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE | They --- a long time (apply to: hesitate, pause)
vverb.communicationcease an action temporarilySynset:break intermit
Examples:- We pause for station identification
- let's break for lunch
Derivationally Related Form:breakintermissionpause
Hypernyms:break up cut off disrupt interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:pauseinterruptbreakendchange
Direct Hyponyms:breathecatch one's breathresttake a breathertake fivetake ten
Full Troponyms:resttake fivetake ten
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s