Definition of Steps

1. Noun. A flight of stairs or a flight of steps.

Exact synonyms: Stairs
Specialized synonyms: Ladder
Generic synonyms: Staircase, Stairway
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

2. Noun. The course along which a person has walked or is walking in. "His steps turned toward home"
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Course, Path, Track

Definition of Steps

1. Noun. (plural of step) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of step) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steps

1. step [v] - See also: step

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steps

stepper
steppers
steppes
stepping
stepping-stone
stepping back
stepping down
stepping motor
stepping motors
stepping razor
stepping stone
stepping stones
steppingstone
steppingstones
steprelationship
steps (current term)
steps back
stepsib
stepsibling
stepsiblings
stepsibs
stepsis
stepsister
stepsisters
stepsize
stepsizes
stepson
stepsons
stepstone
stepstones

Literary usage of Steps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... he and Philostrate summon the 'carious actors by going to steps, beckoning and being tlie general guides. Each actor as he comes on looks supremely ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"3 Portia gives her left hand to Bassanio, who is C; her right hand to Antonio, who is L. They all go up steps and off R. ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"I hope they will bear up their father's name, and tread in their father's steps, and come to their father's end. Great. Indeed, sir, they are likely lads, ..."

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