pause (pôz)
v. paused, paus·ing, paus·es
v.intr.
1. To cease or suspend an action temporarily: She paused in her piano exercises to listen for the baby.
2. To hesitate: He paused before replying.
3. To linger; tarry: We paused for a while under the huge oak tree.
v.tr.
To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim: paused the printer to add more paper; paused the DVD with the remote.