Definitions for paced

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Spelling: [peyst]

IPA: /peɪst/

Paced is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in paced (acdep).

Definitions for paced

noun

1. a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
2. a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo.
3. any of various standard linear measures, representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking: roughly 30 to 40 inches (75 cm to 1 meter). Compare geometrical pace, military pace, Roman pace.
4. a single step:
5. the distance covered in a step:
6. a manner of stepping; gait.
7. a gait of a horse or other animal in which the feet on the same side are lifted and put down together.
8. any of the gaits of a horse.
9. a raised step or platform.

Idioms

1. put through one's paces, to cause someone to demonstrate his or her ability or to show her or his skill:
2. set the pace, to act as an example for others to equal or rival; be the most progressive or successful:

adjective

1. having a specified or indicated pace (usually used in combination):
2. counted out or measured by paces.
3. run at a pace set by a pacesetter.

verb (used with object)

1. to set the pace for, as in racing.
2. to traverse or go over with steps:
3. to measure by paces.
4. to train to a certain pace; exercise in pacing:
5. (of a horse) to run (a distance) at a pace:

verb (used without object)

1. to take slow, regular steps.
2. to walk up and down nervously, as to expend nervous energy.
3. (of a horse) to go at a pace.

Origin of paced

First recorded in 1575-85; pace¹ + -ed³

Examples for paced

Témoris sat, stoic, on a blanket but Andoni and I paced the cell restlessly.

He paced the chamber like a beast in a cage, hissing out the words in his anger.

The narrative is paced and comfortable, peppered with bursts of predictability.

Hatteras went outside, and paced up and down with rapid strides.

Meg paced the floor a minute, then slapped herself into a chair.

Dr. Eben Williams clenched his hands as he paced up and down the beach.

Eudora paced down the sidewalk with a magnificent, stately gait.

Sleep was impossible, so his thoughts circled and paced, lingering on the memory of an encounter he wished to forget.

Unable to be still, he paced around the beach muttering something, his eyes wide and to the ground.

The Sud Express dining car served a seven-course lunch, paced gracefully to last most of the journey.