Definition of step

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Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

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Greeze :: Greeze (n.) A step. See Gree, a 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..
Pedometer :: Pedometer (n.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step..
Bridgeboard :: Bridgeboard (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
Strut :: Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
Treadmill :: Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt..
Steppe :: Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.
Gradatory :: Gradatory (n.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Pace :: Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall..
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground..
Stile :: Stile (v. i.) A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..
Stair :: Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
Encroacher :: Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own..
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
Acrotarsium :: Acrotarsium (n.) The instep or front of the tarsus.
Trap :: Trap (n.) A kind of movable stepladder.
Advance :: Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural..
Stepchild :: Stepbrother (n.) A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another..
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