Lexic.us

Definition of Step

1. Noun. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal. "The police took steps to reduce crime"

2. Verb. Shift or move by taking a step. "Step back"

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

4. Verb. Put down or press the foot, place the foot. "Step on the brake"

5. Noun. The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down. "He walked with unsteady steps"

6. Verb. Cause (a computer) to execute a single command.

7. Noun. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway. "He paused on the bottom step"

8. Verb. Treat badly. "They want to step the prisoners "; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

9. Noun. Relative position in a graded series. "Keep in step with the fashions"

10. Verb. Furnish with steps. "The architect wants to step the terrace"

11. Noun. A short distance. "It's only a step to the drugstore"

12. Verb. Move with one's feet in a specific manner. "Step lively"

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

14. Verb. Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner. "Step over to the blackboard"

15. Noun. A musical interval of two semitones.

16. Verb. Place (a ship's mast) in its step.

17. Noun. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface. "The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

18. Verb. Measure (distances) by pacing. "Step off ten yards"

19. Noun. A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.

20. Verb. Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation. "He won't step into his father's footsteps"

21. Noun. A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance. "He taught them the waltz step"

Definition of Step

1. v. i. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

2. v. t. To set, as the foot.

3. n. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.

4. n. At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.

Definition of Step

1. to move by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place [v STEPPED, STEPPING, STEPS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Step

stenotyping stenotypist stenotypists stenotypy stens stent stented stenting stentor stentorian

stentors stentour stentours stents Sten gun step (current term) step-by-step step-down step-down transformer step-in

step-up step-up transformer stepbrother stepbrothers stepchild stepchildren stepdame stepdames stepdaughter stepdaughters

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