Definition: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
Usage: the situation called for strong measures; the police took steps to reduce crime
Main entry: step
Definition: the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
Usage: he walked with unsteady steps
Main entry: step, dance step
Definition: a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
Usage: he taught them the waltz step
Definition: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
Usage: he paused on the bottom step
Main entry: step
Definition: a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
Main entry: step, footmark, footprint
Definition: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Usage: the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
Main entry: step, tone, whole step, whole tone
Definition: a musical interval of two semitones
Main entry: footfall, footstep, step
Definition: the sound of a step of someone walking
Usage: he heard footsteps on the porch
Main entry: footstep, pace, step, stride
Definition: the distance covered by a step
Usage: he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Main entry: step, stone's throw
Definition: a short distance
Usage: it's only a step to the drugstore
Definition: relative position in a graded series
Usage: always a step behind; subtle gradations in color; keep in step with the fashions
Main entry: step
Definition: move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
Usage: She stepped into a life of luxury; he won't step into his father's footsteps
Definition: measure (distances) by pacing
Usage: step off ten yards
Main entry: step
Definition: place (a ship's mast) in its step
Main entry: step
Definition: shift or move by taking a step
Usage: step back
Definition: put down or press the foot, place the foot
Usage: For fools rush in where angels fear to tread; step on the brake
Main entry: step
Definition: walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
Usage: step over to the blackboard
Main entry: step
Definition: move with one's feet in a specific manner
Usage: step lively
Main entry: step
Definition: furnish with steps
Usage: The architect wants to step the terrace
Main entry: ill-treat, ill-use, mistreat, maltreat, abuse, step
Definition: treat badly
Usage: This boss abuses his workers; She is always stepping on others to get ahead
Main entry: step
Definition: cause (a computer) to execute a single command