1. A flight of stairs or a flight of steps
   - stairs 
2. The course along which a person has walked or is walking in
   "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home"

1. Any manoeuvre made as part of progress toward a goal
   "the police took steps to reduce crime"
   - measure 
2. The distance covered by a step
   - footstep, pace, stride 
3. The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
   "he walked with unsteady steps" 
4. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
   "he paused on the bottom step"
   - stair 
5. Relative position in a graded series
   "always a step behind"; "keep in step with the fashions"
   - gradation 
6. A short distance
   "it's only a step to the pharmacy"
   - stone's throw 
7. The sound of a step of someone walking
   - footfall, footstep 
8. A musical interval of two semitones
   - tone, whole tone, whole step 
9. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
   - footprint, footmark 
10. A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed 
11. A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
    "he taught them the waltz step"
    - dance step

1. Shift or move by taking a step
   "step back" 
2. Put down or press the foot, place the foot
   "step on the brake"
   - tread 
3. Cause (a computer) to execute a single command 
4. Treat badly
   "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
   - mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat 
5. Furnish with steps
   "The architect wants to step the terrace" 
6. Move with one's feet in a specific manner
   "step lively" 
7. Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
   "step over to the blackboard" 
8. Place (a ship's mast) in its step 
9. Measure (distances) by pacing
   "step off ten yards"
   - pace 
10. Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
    "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"

Sounds like: steppes

Derived forms: stepses

See also: step out

Type of: block, course, do by, execute, furnish, go, handle, indefinite quantity, interval, lay, locomote, locomotion, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], mark, measure, move, musical interval, path, place, pose, position, print, provide, put, quantify, rank, render, run, set, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, sound, staircase, stairway, supply, support, tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], track, travel, treat, walk

Part of: hoofing, staircase, stairway, step dancing

Encyclopedia: Step

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