1. An indication of the number of steps to be covered in a place when someone is moving forward: Take three paces forward and five paces to the left to find what you are looking for.
2. An easy or slow walk that a horse makes while going somewhere: The rider guided the horse as it moved at an easy pace towards the racetrack.
3. The rate at which something or someone moves towards a goal or completion of an undertaking: The work progressed at a slow pace partly because of the hot weather.

1. To move or to walk, often in a nervous manner: Sharon paced the floor, waiting for the phone to ring so she could find out how her mother was doing.
2. To move in a slow, casual, manner; to saunter or to amble: The horses paced around the ring during the circus performance.