| step | (noun) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down | - |
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| (noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: measure |
| (noun) a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance | Synonyms: dance step |
| (noun) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | Synonyms: stair |
| (noun) a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed | - |
| (noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: tone, whole step, whole tone |
| (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, footprint |
| (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, footstep |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: footstep, pace, stride |
| (noun) a short distance | Synonyms: stone's throw |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: gradation |
| (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: pace |
| (verb) move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation | - |
| (verb) place (a ship's mast) in its step | - |
| (verb) shift or move by taking a step | - |
| (verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: tread |
| (verb) walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner | - |
| (verb) move with one's feet in a specific manner | - |
| (verb) furnish with steps | - |
| (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat |
| (verb) cause (a computer) to execute a single command | - |
| stepbrother | (noun) a brother who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-brother, half brother |
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| stepchild | (noun) a child of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepdaughter | (noun) a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepfather | (noun) the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| stephanion | (noun) the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus | - |
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| stephanotis | (noun) any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers | - |
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| stephead | (noun) a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right | Synonyms: drop line, dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stepped line |
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| stepladder | (noun) a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | Synonyms: step ladder |
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| stepmother | (noun) the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| stepparent | (noun) the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| steppe | (noun) extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) | - |
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| stepper | (noun) a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting | Synonyms: high stepper |
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| (noun) a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps | Synonyms: stepping motor |
| (noun) a professional dancer | Synonyms: hoofer |
| steprelationship | (noun) a family relationship by virtue of remarriage | - |
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| steps | (noun) a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | Synonyms: stairs |
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| (noun) the course along which a person has walked or is walking in | - |
| stepsister | (noun) a sister who has only one parent in common with you | Synonyms: half-sister, half sister |
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| stepson | (noun) the son of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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| stepwise | (adjective) one thing at a time | Synonyms: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step |
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| (adverb) proceeding in steps | Synonyms: step by step |