pace

1. n. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. A slow gait; a footpace. Source: opted

5. n. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. Source: opted

6. n. Any single movement, step, or procedure. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. Source: opted

9. v. i. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. Source: opted

10. v. i. To proceed; to pass on. Source: opted

11. v. i. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. Source: opted

12. v. i. To pass away; to die. Source: opted

13. v. t. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. Source: opted

14. v. t. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. Source: opted

15. v. t. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. Source: opted

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