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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Carnival :: Carnival (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess..
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Stepping-stone :: Stepper (n.) One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper..
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..
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..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
Stepstone :: Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step..
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..
Step :: Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step..
Mistreading :: Mistreading (n.) Misstep; misbehavior.
Step :: Step (v. i.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Gradatory :: Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual..
Stair :: Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk..
Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..
Tread :: Tread (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread..
Waddle :: Waddle (v. i.) To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles..
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