Definition of step

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Step (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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Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape..
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps..
Deliberate :: Deliberate (a.) Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
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..
Toe :: Toe (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step..
Rudiment :: Rudiment (n.) Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step..
Stepsister :: Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
Gradational :: Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
Pedometer :: Pedometer (n.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step..
Stephanotis :: Stephanite (n.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore..
Staircase :: Stair (n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only..
Double-quick :: Double-quick (a.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march..
Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..
Stepbrother :: Step- () 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..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Acrotarsium :: Acrotarsium (n.) The instep or front of the tarsus.
Geordie :: Geordie (n.) A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.
Instep :: Instep (n.) That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
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