Definition of step

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Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step..

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Carnival :: Carnival (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess..
Pace :: Pace (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces..
Stepmother :: Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.
Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely..
Minuet :: Minuet (n.) A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance..
Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone..
Retrace :: Retrace (v. t.) To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings..
Gre :: Gre (n.) See Gree, a step..
Tread :: Tread (v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step..
Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
Misstep :: Misstep (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.
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..
Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..
Grice :: Grice (n.) See Gree, a step..
Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary..
Gait :: Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
Degree :: Degree (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.
Step :: 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..
Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..
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