step: signification et définitions

The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.

A manner of walking; a particular gait.

A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching: keep step.

The sound of a footstep.

A footprint: steps in the mud.

The distance traversed by moving one foot ahead of the other.

A very short distance: just a step away.

Course; path: turned her steps toward home.

One of a series of rhythmical, patterned movements of the feet used in a dance: diagrammed the basic steps to the mambo.

A rest for the foot in ascending or descending.

Stairs.

Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.

One of a series of actions, processes, or measures taken to achieve a goal.

A stage in a process: followed every step in the instructions.

A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale: a step up in the corporate hierarchy.

Music The interval that separates two successive tones of a scale.

Music A degree of a scale.

Nautical The block in which the heel of a mast is fixed.

To put or press the foot: step on the brake.

To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two: step back.

To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction: step over to the corner.

To move with the feet in a particular manner: step lively.

To move into a new situation by or as if by taking a single step: stepping into a life of ease.

To treat someone with arrogant indifference: He is always stepping on other people.

To put or set (the foot) down: step foot on land.