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.