step
IPA: stˈɛp
noun
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (machines) 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.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- (US) Initialism of Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
verb
- (intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- To dance.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
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Examples of "step" in Sentences
- She took a deep breath and then bravely took the first step towards her dreams
- As he climbed the steep mountain, each step was more challenging than the last
- The dancer moved gracefully across the stage, each step perfectly executed
- Before making a decision, it's important to consider every step and its potential consequences
- With each step she took, the crunch of the leaves beneath her feet echoed through the quiet forest
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