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

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream that you ascend steps, denotes that fair prospects will relieve former anxiety. To decend them, you may look for misfortune. To fall down them, you are threatened with unexpected failure in your affairs. See Stairs.

Typed by Cedric

Examples

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