Definition of step

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Step (v. i.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step..

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Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps..
Yawl-rigged :: Yawl-rigged (a.) Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix..
Attentat :: Attentat (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
Quickstep :: Quickstep (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk..
Rosalia :: Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
Tread :: Tread (v. i.) To set the foot; to step.
Greece :: Greece (n. pl.) See Gree a step.
Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
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..
Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary..
Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step..
Point :: Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows..
Double-quick :: Double-quick (n.) Double-quick time, step, or march..
Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..
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