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Noun: steps steps- A flight of stairs or a flight of steps
- stairs - 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"
Noun: step step- Any manoeuvre made as part of progress toward a goal
"the police took steps to reduce crime"
- measure - The distance covered by a step
- footstep, pace, stride - The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
"he walked with unsteady steps" - Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
"he paused on the bottom step"
- stair - Relative position in a graded series
"always a step behind"; "keep in step with the fashions"
- gradation - A short distance
"it's only a step to the pharmacy"
- stone's throw - The sound of a step of someone walking
- footfall, footstep - A musical interval of two semitones
- tone, whole tone, whole step - A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- footprint, footmark - A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
"he taught them the waltz step"
- dance step
Verb: step (stepped,stepping) step- Shift or move by taking a step
"step back" - Put down or press the foot, place the foot
"step on the brake"
- tread - Cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- Treat badly
"She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
- mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat - Furnish with steps
"The architect wants to step the terrace" - Move with one's feet in a specific manner
"step lively" - Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
"step over to the blackboard" - Place (a ship's mast) in its step
- Measure (distances) by pacing
"step off ten yards"
- pace - 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 Steps |