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Definition of Footstep

1. Noun. The sound of a step of someone walking. "He heard footsteps on the porch"

2. Noun. The act of taking a step in walking.

3. Noun. The distance covered by a step. "He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

Definition of Footstep

1. n. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.

Definition of Footstep

1. Noun. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track. ¹

2. Noun. By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken. ¹

3. Noun. The sound made by walking, running etc. ¹

4. Noun. A step, as in a stair. ¹

5. Noun. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace. ¹

6. Noun. The act of taking a step. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Footstep

1. a step with the foot [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Footstep

footslog footslogged footslogger footsloggers footslogging footslogs footsoldier footsoldiers footsore footsoreness

footsorenesses footstalk footstalks footstall footstalls footstep (current term) footsteps footsteps-of-spring footstock footstocks

footstone footstones footstool footstools footstrike footstrikes footsure footsweep footsweeps footswitch

Literary usage of Footstep

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

1. Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering by Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"264. a pipe R passing by the side of the key, and through the bottom of the block and brass. Fig. 265 is the arrangement of footstep adopted by ..."

2. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1903)
"The unit for the proportional figures is d+\- footstep BEARINGS 179. When a shaft is vertical, its lower end rests in a kind of pedestal, termed a footstep. ..."

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