step




step - noun

  • any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
  • the distance covered by a step
  • 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
  • a short distance
  • 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

    • step - verb

    • 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

    step - thesaurus

    abuse   footfall   footmark   footprint   footstep   gradation   maltreat   measure   mistreat   pace   stair   stride   tone   tread  


    View spelling list Initial Consonant Blends 1 and learn about the word step in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 5. Initial consonant blends.

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    Scrabble score for step

    s is 1 t is 1 e is 1 p is 3
    Scrabble score = 6

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