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Step 1Definition: 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.
Step 2Definition: To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. Step 3Definition: To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. Step 4Definition: Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination. Step 5Definition: To set, as the foot. Step 6Definition: To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect. Step 7Definition: An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. Step 8Definition: 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. Step 9Definition: 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. Step 10Definition: A small space or distance; as, it is but a step. Step 11Definition: A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track. Step 12Definition: Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step. Step 13Definition: Proceeding; measure; action; an act. Step 14Definition: Walk; passage. Step 15Definition: A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position. Step 16Definition: 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. Step 17Definition: 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. Step 18Definition: A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves. Step 19Definition: The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale. Step 20Definition: A change of position effected by a motion of translation. step 21Definition: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" step 22Definition: the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" step 23Definition: a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" step 24Definition: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" step 25Definition: a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship''s mast or capstan is fixed step 26Definition: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" step 27Definition: a musical interval of two semitones step 28Definition: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" step 29Definition: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" step 30Definition: a short distance; "it''s only a step to the drugstore" step 31Definition: relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" step 32Definition: 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" step 33Definition: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" step 34Definition: place (a ship''s mast) in its step step 35Definition: shift or move by taking a step; "step back" step 36Definition: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" step 37Definition: walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard" step 38Definition: move with one''s feet in a specific manner; "step lively" step 39Definition: furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace" step 40Definition: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" step 41Definition: cause (a computer) to execute a single command
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