Pace

PACE

[peɪs]

-noun

1. a single step in walking

2. the distance covered by a step

3. a measure of length equal to the average length of a stride, approximately 3 feet

4. speed of movement, in particular of walking or running

5. rate or style of proceeding at some activity

6. manner or action of stepping, walking, etc. ; gait

7. any of the manners in which a horse or other quadruped walks or runs, the three principal paces being the walk, trot, and canter (or gallop)

8. a manner of moving, natural to the camel and sometimes developed in the horse, in which the two legs on the same side of the body are moved and put down at the same time

9. (architecture) . a step or small raised platform

-verb

10. (trans.) to set or determine the pace for, as in a race

11. ( often followed by “about”,” up and down”, etc.) . to walk with regular slow or fast paces, as in boredom, agitation, etc.

12. (trans. ; often followed by “out”) . to measure by paces

13. (intr.) to walk with slow regular strides

14. (intr.) (of a horse) to move at the pace (the specially developed gait)

-preposition

[Latin (ˈpɑːkɛ, ˈpɑːtʃɛ, English ˈpeɪsɪ]

with due deference to: used to acknowledge politely someone who disagrees with the speaker or writer

Nervous

And eager she paces

Misses her selfie

By a moment

Then rushes off

In search for love