Step

English Meaning

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

1. The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.
2. A manner of walking; a particular gait.
3. A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching: keep step.
4. The sound of a footstep.
5. A footprint: steps in the mud.
6. The distance traversed by moving one foot ahead of the other.
7. A very short distance: just a step away.
8. Course; path: turned her steps toward home.
9. One of a series of rhythmical, patterned movements of the feet used in a dance: diagrammed the basic steps to the mambo.
10. A rest for the foot in ascending or descending.
11. Stairs.
12. Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.
13. One of a series of actions, processes, or measures taken to achieve a goal.
14. A stage in a process: followed every step in the instructions.
15. A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale: a step up in the corporate hierarchy.
16. Music The interval that separates two successive tones of a scale.
17. Music A degree of a scale.
18. Nautical The block in which the heel of a mast is fixed.
19. To put or press the foot: step on the brake.
20. To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two: step back.
21. To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction: step over to the corner.
22. To move with the feet in a particular manner: step lively.
23. To move into a new situation by or as if by taking a single step: stepping into a life of ease.
24. To treat someone with arrogant indifference: He is always stepping on other people.
25. To put or set (the foot) down: step foot on land.
26. To measure by pacing: step off ten yards.
27. To furnish with steps; make steps in: terraces that are stepped along the hillside.
28. Computer Science To cause (a computer) to execute a single instruction.
29. Nautical To place (a mast) in its step.
30. step aside To resign from a post, especially when being replaced.
31. step down To resign from a high post.
32. step down To reduce, especially in stages: stepping down the electric power.
33. step in To enter into an activity or a situation.
34. step in To intervene.
35. step out To walk briskly.
36. step out To go outside for a short time.
37. step out Informal To go out for a special evening of entertainment.
38. step out To withdraw; quit.
39. step up To increase, especially in stages: step up production.
40. step up To come forward: step up and be counted.
41. step up To improve one's performance or take on more responsibility, especially at a crucial time.
42. in step Moving in rhythm.
43. in step In conformity with one's environment: in step with the times.
44. out of step Not moving in rhythm: recruits marching out of step.
45. out of step Not in conformity with one's environment: out of step with the times.
46. step by step By degrees.
47. step on it Informal To go faster; hurry.