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Meaning of paces

- A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
- 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.
- 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.
- A slow gait; a footpace.
- Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
- Any single movement, step, or procedure.
- 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.
- A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
- To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
- To proceed; to pass on.
- To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
- To pass away; to die.
- To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
- To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
- To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

Crossword clue for paces

- A single step
- A step
- Rate of progress
- Rate of stepping
- Rate of stride
- Single step
- Speed
- Speed of movement
- Step
- Take the lead
- Tempo
- Steps
- Strides
- Walks in agitated manner
- Walks up and down