Pace Synonyms & Definitions

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• PaceDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
2. (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
3. (n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
4. (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.
5. (n.) 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.
6. (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
7. (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.
8. (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
9. (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
10. (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
11. (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
12. (n.) 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.
13. (n.) 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.
14. (v. i.) To pass away; to die.
15. (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

• PacedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Pace
2. (a.) Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.