Pace

Definition of pace:

part of speech: verb

To measure by steps: to cause to progress: to regulate in motion.

part of speech: verb

To walk: to walk slowly: to amble.

part of speech: verb

To measure by steps; walk over to and fro.

part of speech: noun

PACER.

part of speech: noun

A stride: ( mil.) the space left between the feet in one step, measured from heel to heel, and varying from 80 to 86 inches: a step: space between the feet in ordinary walking, 2 1/ 2 feet: gait: rate of motion ( of a man or beast): mode of stepping in horses in which the legs on the same side are lifted together: amble.

part of speech: verb

To walk; amble.

part of speech: noun

A step; the space covered by a step in walking; as, he went twenty paces; gait, or manner of moving, such as a trot, gallop, etc.; a certain swaying gait of a horse; rate of speed; as, to keep up the pace.

part of speech: verb

To walk with long, regular steps; to go at a swaying gait, as a horse.

part of speech: verb

To measure by steps; to walk over with long, even steps; to train to go at a certain gait.

part of speech: noun

A step; measure of thirty inches; gait; amble.

Usage examples for pace:

• She set her teeth and kept pace with him. "Clementina", A.E.W. Mason.

• He pointed to the ground, but Steve said nothing as, full of excitement now, he kept pace with the others in the pursuit. "Steve Young", George Manville Fenn.

• But she followed the current of her thoughts as her little feet kept pace beside him. "The Light of Scarthey", Egerton Castle.