Step
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Step
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1 a.
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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2 a.
To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
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3 a.
To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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4 a.
Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
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5 v. t.
To set, as the foot.
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6 v. t.
To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
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7 v. i.
An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
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8 v. i.
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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9 v. i.
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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10 v. i.
A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
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11 v. i.
A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
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12 v. i.
Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
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13 v. i.
Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
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14 v. i.
Walk; passage.
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15 v. i.
A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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16 v. i.
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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17 v. i.
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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18 v. i.
A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
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19 v. i.
The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
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20 v. i.
A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
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21 a.
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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22 a.
To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
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23 a.
To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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24 a.
Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
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25 v. t.
To set, as the foot.
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26 v. t.
To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
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27 v. i.
An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
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28 v. i.
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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29 v. i.
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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30 v. i.
A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
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31 v. i.
A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
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32 v. i.
Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
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33 v. i.
Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
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34 v. i.
Walk; passage.
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35 v. i.
A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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36 v. i.
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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37 v. i.
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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38 v. i.
A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
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39 v. i.
The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
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40 v. i.
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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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.