pace

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1. pace - Noun

2. pace - Adjective

3. pace - Verb

4. pace - Preposition

5. Pace - Proper noun

Meaning

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.

Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.

A slow gait; a footpace.

Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.

Any single movement, step, or procedure.

A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.

A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.

To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.

To proceed; to pass on.

To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

To pass away; to die.

To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.

To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.

To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

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he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig Source: Internet

he lived at a fast pace Source: Internet

he works at a great rate Source: Internet

the pace of events accelerated Source: Internet

step off ten yards Source: Internet

Pace your efforts Source: Internet

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