1. (n.)step a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking or dancing.
2. step such a movement followed by a movement of equal distance of the other foot.
3. step the space passed over or the distance measured by one such movement of the foot.
4. step the sound made by the foot in making such a movement.
5. step a mark or impression made by the foot on the ground; footprint.
40. step in (or not in) time to a rhythm or beat, as whilemarching in unison.
41. step in (or not in) harmony or agreement with others.
42. step gradually; by stages.
Definition of 'STEP'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)measure, step any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
2. (noun)footstep, pace, step, stride the distance covered by a step "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
4. (noun)step, stair support consisting of a place to rest the footwhileascending or descending a stairway "he paused on the bottom step"
5. (noun)gradation, step relative position in a graded series "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"
6. (noun)step, stone's throw a shortdistance "it's only a step to the drugstore"
7. (noun)footfall, footstep, step the sound of a step of someonewalking "he heard footsteps on the porch"
8. (noun)tone, whole tone, step, whole step a musicalinterval of two semitones
9. (noun)footprint, footmark, step a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
10. (noun)step a solidblock joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
15. (verb)mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat treat badly "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
16. (verb)step furnish with steps "The architect wants to step the terrace"
1. (noun)step a singlemovement of the foot when you walk She took a step toward the door.
2. step an action designed to achieve sth Steps have been taken to improve security.
3. step a stage in a process What was step 5 again?; It's important to approach this challenge one step at a time.
4. step one of the flat parts of a staircase that you put your foot on; = stair two hundred steps to the top of the tower
5. step a flight of steps a set of steps the first flight of steps
6. step in/out of step to agree or progress at the same speed, or not to agree or progress at the same speed a government that is out of step with the public
7. (verb)step to move each of your feet in turn as you walk They stepped over the broken glass.; Be careful not to step in the mud.; She stepped backward and fell.
Definition of 'STEP'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)STEP 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
2. (adj)STEP to walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors
3. (adj)STEP to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely
4. (adj)STEP fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination
5. (verb)STEP to set, as the foot
6. (verb)STEP to fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect
7. (verb)STEP an advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace
8. (verb)STEP 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
9. (verb)STEP 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
10. (verb)STEP a small space or distance; as, it is but a step
11. (verb)STEP a print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track
12. (verb)STEP gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step
13. (verb)STEP proceeding; measure; action; an act
14. (verb)STEP walk; passage
15. (verb)STEP a portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position
16. (verb)STEP 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
17. (verb)STEP one of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a conepulley on which the belt runs
18. (verb)STEP a bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves
19. (verb)STEP the intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale
20. (verb)STEP a change of position effected by a motion of translation