STEP
\stˈɛp], \stˈɛp], \s_t_ˈɛ_p]\
Definitions of STEP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
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any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
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the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"
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a musical interval of two semitones
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a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore"
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a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
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a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
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measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
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place (a ship's mast) in its step
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shift or move by taking a step; "step back"
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put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
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walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard"
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move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
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furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"
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treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
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cause (a computer) to execute a single command
By Princeton University
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the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
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a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; a clue that someone was present; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
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any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
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the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"
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a musical interval of two semitones
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a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore"
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take a step
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
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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.
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To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
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To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
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To set, as the foot.
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To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
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An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
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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.
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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.
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A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
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A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
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Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
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Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
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Walk; passage.
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A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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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.
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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.
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A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
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The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
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A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
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A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.
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By Noah Webster.
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A movement made by the foot in walking, running, etc.; a pace; the distance passed over by a single movement of the foot in walking or running; footprint; manner of walking; gait; as, a steady step; a single tread in a flight of stairs; action; measure; as, the first step in an undertaking; grade; degree; as, to advance a step in a profession; an interval between two tones in a musical scale.
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To move the foot backward or forward, etc., and put it down, as in walking, dancing, etc.; to walk a short distance; as, to step around the corner; to walk slowly or with dignity.
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To set, as the foot; measure by steps; as, to step off the length of a room; fix the foot of in its frame, and so erect, as a mast.
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Stepped.
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Stepping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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:-pl. walk: a self-supporting ladder with flat steps..
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To set, as a foot: to fix, as a mast:-pr.p. stepping; pa.t and pa.p. stepped.
By Daniel Lyons
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A pace; small space or distance; degree; stair; footprint; proceeding.
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To fix, as a mast.
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To move by pacing; walk.
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Step-daughter.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Step-daughter.
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To place set, or move, as the foot.
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To set (a mast) in a socket.
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To take a step or steps; move the feet.
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A motion by change of position of a foot.
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The distance passed over by one movement of the foot.
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That upon which the foot is placed in ascending or descending.
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An advance or promotion.
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Walk; gait.
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A footprint.
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An interval between tones.
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A prefix denoting relationship through the marriage only of a parent, and not by blood.
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Stepbrother.
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Stepchild.
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Stepfather.
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Stepsister.
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Stepson.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Walk.
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A pace; the space between the feet in walking or running; one remove in ascending or descending a stair; a small space; gradation; degree; progression; footstep; gait; proceeding; action; the round of a ladder.
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A prefix to express relation by marriage, as step-brother, a brother-in-law, or one by marriage.
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To set, as a foot; to fix the foot of a mast in the keel.
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To advance or recede by a movement of the foot; to go; to walk gravely, slowly or resolutely.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A forward movement made by one removal of the foot; the space so passed over; one rise of a stair or ladder; a print or impression of the foot; any small space or distance; degree; progression; manner of walking; proceeding; action.
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To make one pace, as in walking; to advance or recede by one movement of the foot; to walk.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot ; a pace ;-one remove in ascending or descending a stair ;-space passed by the foot in walking or running ;-a small space or distance ;-gradation ; degree ;-act of advancement ; progression ;-footprint ; track ; trace; vestige;-gait; manner of walking;-proceeding; measure; action ;Âthe round or rundle of a ladder;-one of the larger diatonic degrees or intervals of the scale;-pl. A portable framework of stairs;-a block of wood or a solid platform on the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast ;-a kind of bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.