Definition of step

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Step (v. t.) To set, as the foot..

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Notchboard :: Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
Martyr :: Martyr (n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Geordie :: Geordie (n.) A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
Lope :: Lope (n.) A leap; a long step.
Step :: Step (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..
Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..
Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step..
Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..
Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast..
Step :: Step (v. t.) To set, as the foot..
Lock Step :: Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
Springy :: Springy (superl.) Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step..
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