Pace
[peɪs] or [pes]
Definition
(noun.) a step in walking or running.
(noun.) the relative speed of progress or change; 'he lived at a fast pace'; 'he works at a great rate'; 'the pace of events accelerated'.
(noun.) the rate of moving (especially walking or running).
(verb.) measure (distances) by pacing; 'step off ten yards'.
(verb.) regulate or set the pace of; 'Pace your efforts'.
(verb.) walk with slow or fast paces; 'He paced up and down the hall'.
(verb.) go at a pace; 'The horse paced'.
Typed by Konrad--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
(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.
(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.
(n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
(n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
(n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.
(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.
(n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
(v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
(v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.
(v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
(v. i.) To pass away; to die.
(v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
(v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
(v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Step, tread.[2]. Gait, manner of walking.[3]. Amble (of a horse), pacing.
v. n. [1]. Walk (with measured steps).[2]. Go at a pace, go at an ambling gait.
Typed by Elbert
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Step, stride, tread, gait
ANT:Standing_still
Checked by Cindy
Definition
prep. with or by the leave of (expressing disagreement courteously).
n. a stride: the space between the feet in walking 30 inches a step: gait: rate of walking (of a man or beast): rate of speed in movement or work often applied to fast living: mode of stepping in horses in which the legs on the same side are lifted together: amble: (obs.) a passage.—v.t. to measure by steps: to cause to progress: to train in walking or stepping.—v.i. to walk: to walk slowly: to amble.—adj. Paced having a certain pace or gait.—ns. Pace′-mak′er one who sets the pace as in a race; Pac′er one who paces: a horse whose usual gait is a pace.—Keep or Hold pace with to go as fast as: to keep up with.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- I quickened my pace, and, passing among them, wondering at their looks, went hurriedly in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At that point I slackened my pace and proceeded cautiously, but I saw no one, and heard no voices. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Much relieved when the two hours were at last accomplished, he went away at a quick pace, as a recompense for so much loitering. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Brigata di Pace, some one shouted. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His wooden conceit and craft kept exact pace with the delighted expectation of his victim. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gurth accordingly hastened his pace, in order to gain the open common to which the lane led, but was not so fortunate as to accomplish his object. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The lion was bounding along in easy leaps scarce five paces behind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He bowed again, stepped back a few paces, and withdrew his conscience from our society as politely as he had introduced it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The Khan came out from his tent about thirty paces to meet Yuan Chwang, who, after a courteous greeting, entered the tent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The man stepped forward for a few paces, followed by the two friends and their legal adviser. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Your words are bitter, Rebecca, said Bois-Guilbert, pacing the apartment with impatience, but I came not hither to bandy reproaches with you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why should he be pacing his room all the time? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Holmes was pacing up and down one side of the room whilst the old professor was talking. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He waited, pacing up and down before the herdic. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She went into her mother's bed-room, just behind the drawing-room, and paced it up and down, while awaiting the doctor's coming out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She noiselessly paced to and fro the carpeted floor, her head drooped, her hands folded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They both rose, and slowly paced a green natural terrace bordering the chasm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I paced the streets by night and day, but until two hours ago, all my efforts were fruitless, and I never saw you for an instant. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- While I paced softly on, the last sound I expected to hear in so still a region, a laugh, struck my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Xavier