pace
Definition of pace
Pronunciation: pās n. | 1. | A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | A slow gait; a footpace. | | 5. | Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. | | 6. | Any single movement, step, or procedure. | | 7. | (Arch.) 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. | | 8. | (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. | | 9. | The rate of progress of any process or activity; as, the students ran at a rapid pace; the plants grew at a remarkable pace.To keep pace with | to keep up with; to go as fast as. |
| v. i. | 1. | To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. | | 2. | To proceed; to pass on. | | 3. | To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. | | 4. | To pass away; to die. | v. t. | 1. | To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. | | 2. | To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. Often used with out; as, to pace out the distance. | | 3. | To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.If you can, pace your wisdomIn that good path that I would wish it go. - Shak |
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