Definition of step

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Step (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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Promoter :: Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes..
Range :: Range (v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
Doorstep :: Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Roughstrings :: Roughstrings (n. pl.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
Step :: Step (a.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors..
Step :: Step (v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
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..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..
Toddle :: Toddle (v. i.) To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child..
Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort..
Unstep :: Unstep (v. t.) To remove, as a mast, from its step..
Gait :: Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
Step :: Step (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..
Degree :: Degree (n.) A step, stair, or staircase..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
Protomartyr :: Protomartyr (n.) The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr..
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