Step

[step] or [stɛp]

Definition

(noun.) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; 'he walked with unsteady steps'.

(noun.) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; 'he paused on the bottom step'.

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

(noun.) a short distance; 'it's only a step to the drugstore'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) place (a ship's mast) in its step.

(verb.) shift or move by taking a step; 'step back'.

(verb.) put down or press the foot, place the foot; 'For fools rush in where angels fear to tread'; 'step on the brake'.

(verb.) walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; 'step over to the blackboard'.

(verb.) move with one's feet in a specific manner; 'step lively'.

(verb.) furnish with steps; 'The architect wants to step the terrace'.

(verb.) cause (a computer) to execute a single command.

Edited by Ethelred--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) 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.

(a.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.

(a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

(a.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

(v. t.) To set, as the foot.

(v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

(v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.

(v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.

(v. i.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.

(v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.

(v. i.) A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

(v. i.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.

(v. i.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.

(v. i.) Walk; passage.

(v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

(v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

(v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.

(v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

(v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.

(v. i.) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Inputed by Gavin

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Pace, tread.[2]. Stair.[3]. Degree, grade, gradation.[4]. Advancement, progression.[5]. Action, act, deed, proceeding.[6]. Measure, means, method, expedient.[7]. Round (of a ladder), rundle.[8]. Short distance, stone's throw, small space, few steps.

v. n. Walk.

Edited by Carlos

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Advance, pace, space, grade, remove, degree, gradation, progression, track,trice, walk, gait, proceeding, action, measure

ANT:Retreat, recession, baiting, station, standing, nongraduation, non-progression,standstill, stop, tracklessness, untraceableness, non_impression, desinence,desistance, Inaction

Edited by Francine

Definition

n. a pace: the distance crossed by the foot in walking or running: a small space: degree: one remove in ascending or descending a stair: round of a ladder: footprint: manner of walking: proceeding: action: the support on which the lower end of a mast or staff or a wheel rests: (pl.) walk direction taken in walking: a self-supporting ladder with flat steps.—v.i. to advance or retire by pacing: to walk: to walk slowly or gravely: to walk a short distance: to move mentally.—v.t. to set as a foot: to fix as a mast:—pr.p. step′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. stepped.—ns. Step′per one who steps; Step′ping-stone a stone for stepping on to raise the feet above the water or mud; Step′stone a door-step.—Step aside to walk to a little distance as from company: to err; Step in or into to enter easily or unexpectedly; Step out to go out a little way: to increase the length of the step and so the speed; Step short to shorten the length of one's step.

Typist: Melba