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The Meaning of pace
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(n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
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(n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
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(n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.
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(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.
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(n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
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(v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
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(v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.
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(v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
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(v. i.) To pass away; to die.
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(v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
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(v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
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(v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
Synonyms
gait
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footstep
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step
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stride
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rate
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stride
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tread
,
tempo
,
yard
,
step
Rhymes
ace
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aerospace
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airspace
,
anyplace
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apace
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arianespace
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base
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bass
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birthplace
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boldface
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bookcase
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brace
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briefcase
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caisse
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case
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cayce
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chace
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chase
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commonplace
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crace
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cyberspace
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dace
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database
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debase
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deface
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degrace
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diabase
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diastase
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disgrace
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displace
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efface
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embrace
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encase
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erase
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everyplace
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face
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fireplace
,
footrace
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frace
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glace
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grace
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heyse
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incase
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interface
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interlace
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lace
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lactase
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lambastes
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left-brace
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lovelace
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mace
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mais
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marketplace
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misplace
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nace
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orthoclase
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outpace
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place
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plagioclase
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polymerase
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race
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replace
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retrace
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right-brace
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scarface
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shoelace
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showcase
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showplace
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someplace
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space
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staircase
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steeplechase
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streptokinase
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suitcase
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thrace
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trace
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typeface
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vase
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wace
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wheelbase
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workplace