pauperism, n. poverty, destitution, penury, indigence, impecuniousness, impecuniosity, pennilessness, neediness, reduced circumstances; beggary, mendicancy, mendicity, pauperage, pauperdom; insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation; distress, difficulties, straits, indebtedness; lack, need, necessity, want, privation; paucity, dearth, shortage, deficiency, insufficiency, scarcity, default, absence. pauperize, v. impoverish, beggar, bankrupt; drain, deplete, exhaust; Inf. break, SI. bust, ruin, SI. wipe out, break [s.o.'s] back, cripple financially. pause, n. 1. stop, stay, halt, rest; rest period, respite, break, time-out, recess, breather, breathing spell, vacation, Brit, holiday; relief, Inf. letup, slackening, abatement.
2. cessation, discontinuation, discontinuance; suspension, abeyance, inactivity, moratorium, lull, lapse, hold; discontinuity, disconnection, interruption, hiatus, lacuna, gap, Prosody, caesura, Music, fermata.
3. delay, wait, holdup; stoppage, deadlock, standstill, impasse.
4. hesitancy, hesitation, doubt; play for time, waiting game, Inf. stall, pretext, ruse.
5. give pause startle, take aback, dismay, disconcert, bewilder; concern, worry, frighten; be cause for concern, make one reconsider, make one stop and think.
-v. 6. stop, stay, rest, desist, discontinue, cut, interrupt; break, take a break, relax, unwind, catch one's breath, take a breather, Inf. take five.
7. delay, wait, hold back, mark time, tread water, be at a standstill; hesitate, waver, demur, Inf. stall, falter.
8. Usu. pause upon dwell, linger, tarry, loiter; (all of speech or writing) develop, expand upon, elaborate on, expatiate on, harp on. pave, v. 1. macadamize, asphalt, concrete, tar, pitch, revet; cobble, flag, brick, lay stones, slab; tile, floor; surface, face, level, smooth.
2. pave the way for or to prepare the way for, smooth the way for, clear the way for, open the door for, make way for; make ready or easy, ready, facilitate; lead up to, contribute to, conduce to. pavement, n. 1. paved road, highway, thoroughfare, causeway; sidewalk, pavd.
2. macadam, asphalt, concrete, cement; tar, pitch; cobblestones, flagstones, flagging, brick, stonework. pavilion, n. 1. summerhouse, parkhouse, garden-house, gazebo, (in Turkey and Iran) kiosk, open-air shelter; pergola, arbor, bower; bandshell, music shell, orchestra shell, bandstand; arcade, gallery.
2. tent, canopy, canvas, Chiefly Brit, marquee, awning. paw, n. 1. (all of animals) foot, pad, forepaw, Zool. forefoot, Anat., Zool. manus, hind foot; trotter, hoof, unguis; (all of birds of prey) claw, talon, pounce.
2. Informal, hand, SI. mitt, SI. fin, SI. flipper.
-v. 3. (all with the paws or feet) strike, hit, scrape, scratch.
4. Informal, maul, handle roughly, manhandle; molest, attack, seize, grab. pawn¹, v. 1. Informal, hock, put in pawn, Rare. impawn; deposit, put up or give as security, impigno-rate, pledge, plight, commit, obligate, bind, mortgage, hypothecate; stake, lay, wager, bet, Poker, ante, Archaic. gage, gamble, speculate; risk, venture, chance, hazard, jeopardize, endanger, imperil.
-n. 2. security, collateral, gage, pledge, Archaic. plight, impignoration; assurance, guaranty, guarantee, surety, warrant, bond, bail; deposit, down payment, partial or initial payment, handsel; Law. mortgage, Marine Law. bottomry; stake, wager, bet.