Step is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STEP in dictionary:

VERB:
• to measure by pacing
• used as a polite or deferential way of asking someone to walk a short distance for a particular purpose
• perform a dance
• take a particular course of action
• set up (a mast) in its step.
• move and set down the foot, as when walking
• To set, as the foot.
• To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
• An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
• 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.
• 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.
• A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
• A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
• Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
• Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
• Walk; passage.
• A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
• In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
• One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
• A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
• The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
• A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
• shift or move by taking a step
• put down or press the foot, place the foot
• cause (a computer) to execute a single command
• treat badly
• furnish with steps
• move with one\'s feet in a specific manner
• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
• place (a ship\'s mast) in its step
• measure (distances) by pacing
• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
• lift and set down one's foot or one foot after the other in order to walk somewhere or move to a new position
NOUN:
• an act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running
• the distance covered by a step
• each of the sequences of movement of the feet which make up a dance.
• a short or easily walked distance
• a doorstep
• a rung of a ladder.
• a stepladder
• step aerobics
• a foothold cut in a slope of ice.
• a measure or action, especially one of a series taken in order to deal with or achieve a particular thing
• a stage in a gradual process
• a particular position or grade on an ascending or hierarchical scale
• an interval in a scale; a tone (whole step) or semitone (half step).
• an abrupt change in the value of a quantity, especially voltage.
• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• relative position in a graded series
• the sound of a step of someone walking
• a musical interval of two semitones
• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship\'s mast or capstan is fixed
• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
• stepping
• a person's particular way of walking
• a flat surface, especially one in a series, on which to place one's foot when moving from one level to another
• a block fixed to a boat's keel in order to take the base of a mast or other fitting.
ADJECTIVE:
• 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.
• To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
• To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
• Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to move by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place

Words related to STEP

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Words that contain STEP

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How to use STEP in a sentence

• The other dancers by tacit consent stepped back to watch this new step, so rhythmic, light, and graceful.
• The length of the full step in quick time is 30 inches, measured from heel to heel, and the cadence is at the rate of 120 steps per minute.
• At the other end of the porch, close under a window, was an offset between step and wall, and there in the shadow Duane hid.
• On the other side, gentlemen said, that the step taken in this article towards the abolition of slavery, was one of the beauties of the Constitution.
• She rose, and with a trembling step approached him.
• She did not stop the car and step out with dignity into respectable Hackney.
• When the train stops the porter touches a lever, and down comes the extra step, making the descent from the car as easy as walking downstairs.
• Both Edward and Artevelde regarded it simply as a step towards a declared alliance.
• The unwavering resolution and prompt decision of his character thus crop out at every step.
• Step by step the people gained in power and in the right to govern themselves.
• Every step in a scientific investigation is submitted to his judgment.
• Should the leader miss the ball at any time, the one at the right on the highest step takes his place.
• I did so, very slowly and stiffly, making the sad mistake of jumping down from the height of the step.
• Go up it, and you will find that the top branch will enable you to step upon the roof of that house.
• Then at the sound of a light step she sprang to the door and threw it open.
• She had thought she heard a step on the crisp snow, but probably it was the crackling of the protesting trees, for the weight of ice was almost more than they could bear.
• Beaumont to some step on which an accusation to Parliament might be founded, or drive him away through fear for his personal safety.
• Not Adeptship, but what is now for us the fourth step on the Path, was the goal appointed for that chain.
• About this time the formation of a militia corps of 7,000 men was a step in the right direction.
• A number of the natives, principally women, continued to follow, passing evidently a variety of jokes upon us, and laughing heartily at every false step I happened to make.
• With the utmost attention he examined them and the step upon which they lay.
• I confess at first I felt a shrinking from taking the step, but love for my mother overcame all repugnance on my part.
• To attempt to follow them step by step in their career would be idle in the space we have here allotted to ourselves.
• The first step I took was to seize on two large double sailing canoes, which were in the cove.
• As he came opposite my window I saw a white man, alone, step out from the house across the way and silently lift his arms to the multitude to halt.

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