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Meaning
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.
●
In Gaits:
A
gait
;
manner
of walking.
●
Proceeding;
measure
;
action
; act.
●
A
walk
; passage.
●
A
portable
framework
of
stairs
, much used indoors in
reaching
to a high position.
●
In 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.
●
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.
●
A
bearing
in which the lower
extremity
of a
spindle
or a
vertical
shaft
revolves.
●
In Music:
The
interval
between two
contiguous
degrees
of the scale.
●
A change of
position
effected
by a
motion
of translation.
●
In Programming:
A
constant
difference
between
consecutive
values
in a series.
●
Kick scooter.
●
A stepchild.
●
A stepsibling.
Verb
●
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.
●
To
walk
;
to go
on foot
; especially, to
walk
a little
distance.
●
To
walk
slowly
,
gravely
, or resolutely.
●
To dance.
●
To
move
mentally
; to
go in
imagination.
●
To set, as the foot.
●
In Nautical:
To
fix
the
foot
of (a
mast
) in its
step
; to erect.
●
To
advance
a process
gradually
, one
step
at a time.
Name
●
Initialism of Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
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Origin
step
English
stepe
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
steppen
Middle English (1100-1500)
steppan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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