All related terms of 'steps'

If you take a step , you lift your foot and put it down in a different place, for example when you are walking.

projecting metal bars attached to a ship's side, used for boarding

a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward him or her in a given number and variety of steps , the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader. Any player who is caught becomes the leader

to undertake measures (to do something) with a view to the attainment of some end

If you step in , you get involved in a difficult situation because you think you can or should help with it.

to place or press the foot on

If you step up something, you increase it or increase its intensity .

the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot

any of a set of steps on the top of a gable

a short marching step of fifteen inches (in double time, eighteen inches)

an early 20th-century ballroom dance with long quick steps , the precursor of the foxtrot

a step to one side, as to avoid something, or a step taken sideways

a dance step made by moving the left foot one step sideways and closing the right foot to the left foot: used when dancing in a circle during Scottish reels and jigs

If you step back and think about a situation , you think about it as if you were not involved in it.

If someone steps down or steps aside , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

If someone steps out of a role or situation, they leave it.

an old-time dance in duple time

an unwise action

When soldiers goose-step , they lift their legs high and do not bend their knees as they march.

to move or progress in steps of increasing height or level

an interval of two semitones ; a frequency difference of 200 cents in the system of equal temperament

any of a set of steps on the top of a gable

the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs , widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll

a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour

to perform a single instruction on (a program ), generally under the control of a debug program

to perform a single instruction on (a program ), generally under the control of a debug program

to perform a single instruction on (a program ), generally under the control of a debug program

a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel

to undertake measures with a view to the attainment of some end

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an interval corresponding to a frequency difference of 100 cents as measured in the system of equal temperament , and denoting the pitch difference between certain adjacent degrees of the diatonic scale ( diatonic semitone ) or between one note and its sharpened or flattened equivalent ( chromatic semitone ); minor second

In Western music , a semitone is the smallest interval between two musical notes. Two semitones are equal to one tone .

an interval corresponding to a frequency difference of 100 cents as measured in the system of equal temperament , and denoting the pitch difference between certain adjacent degrees of the diatonic scale ( diatonic semitone ) or between one note and its sharpened or flattened equivalent ( chromatic semitone ); minor second

If you sidestep a problem , you avoid discussing it or dealing with it.

one of a series of steps at the upper end wall of some gables

a rounded exterior angle , as where two walls meet

to move in sudden stops and starts so as to deceive or evade an opponent , as in sports