space out
To position (objects, people, time slots, etc.) at regular intervals with a calculated space between them.
She spaced out the yoga mats as much as she could while leaving room for some walkways.
noun
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
But neere him, thy Angell / Becomes a feare: as being o're-powr'd, therefore / Make ſpace enough betweene you.
Which means that for every car there was 10 years ago, there are now 40. Which means - and this is my own, not totally scientific, calculation - that the space between cars on the roads in 1991 was roughly 39 car lengths, because today there is no space at all.
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
O God, I could be bounded in a nutſhell, and / count my ſelfe a King of infinite ſpace; were it not that / I haue bad dreames.
They also wanted a larger garden and more space for home working.
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply.
These are not questions which can be decided by reference to our space intuitions, for our intuitions are confined to Euclidean space, and even there are insufficient, approximative.
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
the first man in space
How firſt began this Heav'n which we behold / Diſtant ſo high, with moving Fires adornd / Innumerable, and this which yeelds or fills / All ſpace, the ambient Aire wide interfus'd / Imbracing round this florid Earth, […]
Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give me space.
"I care about you Billy, whether you believe it or not; but right now I need my space."
verb
To roam, walk, wander.
But she as Fayes are wont, in priuie place / Did spend her dayes, and lov'd in forests wyld to space.
To set some distance apart.
Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
The cities are evenly spaced.
To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
This paragraph seems badly spaced.
To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
My sprout, like I'm totally spaced over you and besides I like older women (arh-arh). I love you...
To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
The captain spaced the traitors.
Sound effect of blow with blunt instrument, groan, and the unmistakable cycling of an air lock—Castor: "Sorry, folks. My assistant has just spaced Mr. Rudolf. […]"
name
A surname.