step

A2
Pronunciation
/stɛp/
/stɛp/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.

2 Definition

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.

3 Definition

A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.

Example Sentences
  • He improved step by step, or by steps.
4 Definition

A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

Example Sentences
  • The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.
5 Definition

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

Example Sentences
  • One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.
6 Definition

A small space or distance.

Example Sentences
  • It is but a step.
7 Definition

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

8 Definition

A gait; manner of walking.

Example Sentences
  • The approach of a man is often known by his step.
9 Definition

Proceeding; measure; action; act.

10 Definition

(plural) A walk; passage.

11 Definition

(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

12 Definition

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.

13 Definition

(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.

14 Definition

(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

15 Definition

The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

16 Definition

(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

17 Definition

A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.

Example Sentences
  • Printing from 0 to 9 with a step of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9.
18 Definition

A stepsibling.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

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 Definition

To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

Example Sentences
  • to step to one of the neighbors
3 Definition

To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

4 Definition

To move mentally; to go in imagination.

5 Definition

To set, as the foot.

6 Definition

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.