Definition of step

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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..

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Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
Gradual :: Gradual (n.) A series of steps.
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..
Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Tiptoe :: Tiptoe (v. i.) To step or walk on tiptoe.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
Degree :: Degree (n.) A step, stair, or staircase..
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..
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..
Step :: Step (a.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
Tread :: Tread (v. i.) To set the foot; to step.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..
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..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Steppe :: Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.
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..
Stepdaughter :: Stepdame (n.) A stepmother.
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.
Crowstep :: Crowstep (n.) See Corriestep.
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