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paced (PAYST) (verb)
1. To have walked in a manner that is slow, measured, and deliberate: When Beth was worried, she paced the floor in her living room.
2. To have measured a distance based on a careful walk: Earl paced off the distance between the gate and the door of the barn.
paste (PAYST) (verb)
To stick something to a surface: The children are going to paste the stars that they made on to the painted-blue background.
paste (PAYST) (noun)
1. A dough mixture that is made with a high level of fat and can be used to make pastries: Latonya patted the paste into the deep baking dish and filled it with apple slices before baking it.
2. A mixture of flour and water that is used as glue: Mother made the paste for Helena so she could work on her notebook.
3. Jewelery that is made from glass that has a high lead content: The paste that Susan wore as a necklace was lustrous and looked almost real.

Shanna paced in front of the jewelery store trying to decide whether to buy the paste necklace which she admired.

Shanna couldn't make up her mind so she went home and discovered that the children had tried to paste pictures into their photograph book using a paste of flour and water.

After that, she went into the kitchen to make a paste for the apple pie she was going to bake.

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Word Entries at Get Words: “paced”
pace (verb), paces; paced; pacing
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.
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