| pace | | |
| n. (time) | 1. gait, pace | the rate of moving (especially walking or running). |
| ~ quick time | a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute. |
| ~ double time | a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog. |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. footstep, pace, step, stride | the distance covered by a step.; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. pace, rate | the relative speed of progress or change.; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" |
| ~ temporal property | a property relating to time. |
| ~ fastness, swiftness, speed | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
| ~ beat | a regular rate of repetition.; "the cox raised the beat" |
| ~ celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness | a rate that is rapid. |
| ~ deliberateness, unhurriedness, slowness, deliberation | a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry. |
| ~ sluggishness | the pace of things that move relatively slowly.; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold" |
| n. (act) | 4. pace, stride, tread | a step in walking or running. |
| ~ walk, walking | the act of traveling by foot.; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" |
| ~ step | the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.; "he walked with unsteady steps" |
| n. (time) | 5. pace, tempo | the rate of some repeating event. |
| ~ beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking | the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds. |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. pace, yard | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ ft, foot | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ perch, rod, pole | a linear measure of 16.5 feet. |
| ~ chain | a unit of length. |
| ~ lea | a unit of length of thread or yarn. |
| ~ fathom, fthm | a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth. |
| v. (motion) | 7. pace | walk with slow or fast paces.; "He paced up and down the hall" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 8. pace | go at a pace.; "The horse paced" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ canter | go at a canter, of horses. |
| ~ walk | walk at a pace.; "The horses walked across the meadow" |
| ~ rack, single-foot | go at a rack.; "the horses single-footed" |
| ~ gallop | go at galloping speed.; "The horse was galloping along" |
| v. (change) | 9. pace, step | measure (distances) by pacing.; "step off ten yards" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. pace | regulate or set the pace of.; "Pace your efforts" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| tack | | |
| n. (location) | 1. tack | the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. |
| ~ bearing, heading, aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. tack | a short nail with a sharp point and a large head. |
| ~ carpet tack | used to nail down carpets. |
| ~ nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. |
| ~ drawing pin, pushpin, thumbtack | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board. |
| ~ tintack | tack or small nail of tinned iron. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. saddlery, stable gear, tack | gear for a horse. |
| ~ bit | piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding.; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" |
| ~ caparison, trapping, housing | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse. |
| ~ cinch, girth | stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place. |
| ~ appurtenance, paraphernalia, gear | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. |
| ~ hame | stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces. |
| ~ harness | stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart. |
| ~ headgear | stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head. |
| ~ martingale | a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head. |
| ~ horse blanket, saddle blanket, saddlecloth | stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle. |
| ~ yoke | stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ futtock shroud | shroud that is part of a ship's rigging. |
| ~ line | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.; "a washing line" |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| n. (act) | 5. tack, tacking | (nautical) the act of changing tack. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving. |
| n. (act) | 6. tack | sailing a zigzag course. |
| ~ sailing | riding in a sailboat. |
| v. (contact) | 7. tack | fasten with tacks.; "tack the notice on the board" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ thumbtack | fasten with thumbtacks.; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board" |
| v. (motion) | 8. tack, wear round | turn into the wind.; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| ~ sail | travel on water propelled by wind.; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" |
| v. (creation) | 9. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ comfit, confection, confect | make into a confection.; "This medicine is home-confected" |
| ~ mix up, jumble, confuse | assemble without order or sense.; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" |
| ~ reassemble | assemble once again, after taking something apart. |
| ~ configure | set up for a particular purpose.; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission" |
| ~ compound | create by mixing or combining. |
| ~ rig up | erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure.; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?" |
| v. (contact) | 10. baste, tack | sew together loosely, with large stitches.; "baste a hem" |
| ~ sew, sew together, stitch, run up | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| v. (contact) | 11. append, hang on, tack, tack on, tag on | fix to; attach.; "append a charm to the necklace" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ subjoin | add to the end. |
| v. (change) | 12. alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
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