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(noun) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" |
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Related Words: footstep, locomotion, pace, sidestep, stride, travel, tread, trip |
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(verb) take a step |
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Related Words: backpedal, go, goose step, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread" |
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Synonyms: tread |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, step on, travel, tread on |
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(noun) a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" |
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Synonyms: stair |
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Related Words: corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step, support |
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(noun) a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore" |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the police took steps to reduce crime" |
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Synonyms: measure |
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Related Words: countermeasure, maneuver, maneuvering, manoeuvering, manoeuvre, porcupine provision, shark repellent, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuver |
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(noun) a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" |
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Synonyms: dance step |
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Related Words: chasse, glissade, locomotion, moonwalk, sashay, travel |
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(noun) relative position in a graded series: "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" |
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Synonyms: gradation |
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Related Words: cut, rank |
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(noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; a clue that someone was present; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" |
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Synonyms: footmark, footprint |
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Related Words: clew, clue, cue, mark |
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(noun) a musical interval of two semitones |
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Synonyms: tone, whole step, whole tone |
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Related Words: interval, musical interval |
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(noun) the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" |
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Synonyms: footfall, footstep |
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Related Words: sound |
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(noun) the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" |
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Synonyms: footstep, pace, stride |
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Related Words: indefinite quantity |
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