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step

(st/E/p )

noun (n)

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal(noun.act)

Example:
The police took steps to reduce crime.

Synonym:
measure

source: wordnet30
the distance covered by a step(noun.quantity)

Example:
He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.

Synonym:
footstep, pace, stride

source: wordnet30
the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down(noun.act)

Example:
He walked with unsteady steps.

source: wordnet30
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway(noun.artifact)

Example:
He paused on the bottom step.

Synonym:
stair

source: wordnet30
relative position in a graded series(noun.state)

Example:
Always a step behind.
Keep in step with the fashions.

Synonym:
gradation

source: wordnet30
a short distance(noun.quantity)

Example:
It's only a step to the drugstore.

source: wordnet30
the sound of a step of someone walking(noun.event)

Example:
He heard footsteps on the porch.

Synonym:
footfall, footstep

source: wordnet30
a musical interval of two semitones(noun.communication)

Synonym:
tone, whole step, whole tone

source: wordnet30
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface(noun.communication)

Synonym:
footmark, footprint

source: wordnet30
a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance(noun.act)

Example:
He taught them the waltz step.

Synonym:
dance step

source: wordnet30
An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.(noun)

source: webster1913
At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

shift or move by taking a step(verb.motion)

Example:
Step back.

source: wordnet30
put down or press the foot, place the foot(verb.motion)

Example:
Step on the brake.

Synonym:
tread

source: wordnet30
cause (a computer) to execute a single command(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
treat badly(verb.social)

Example:
She is always stepping on others to get ahead.

Synonym:
abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat

source: wordnet30
furnish with steps(verb.possession)

Example:
The architect wants to step the terrace.

source: wordnet30
move with one's feet in a specific manner(verb.motion)

Example:
Step lively.

source: wordnet30
walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner(verb.motion)

Example:
Step over to the blackboard.

source: wordnet30
place (a ship's mast) in its step(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
measure (distances) by pacing(verb.change)

Example:
Step off ten yards.

Synonym:
pace

source: wordnet30
move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation(verb.change)

Example:
She stepped into a life of luxury.
He won't step into his father's footsteps.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To set, as the foot.(verb)

source: webster1913

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