| (n.) | Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. |
| (n.) | Place, having more or less extension; room. |
| (n.) | A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile. |
| (n.) | Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time. |
| (n.) | A short time; a while. |
| (n.) | Walk; track; path; course. |
| (n.) | A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters. |
| (n.) | The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books. |
| (n.) | One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. |
| (n.) | To walk; to rove; to roam. |
| (n.) | To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters. |