Meaning of step | Babel Free

Definitions

1. process
2. Initialism of Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
4. A stepchild.
   colloquial
5. To resign from a post, especially when being replaced.
6. step (a measure, an act aimed at leading to the accomplishment of a greater goal)
7. Acronym of Sixth Term Examination Paper.
   UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
8. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
9. A stepsibling.
   colloquial
10. By degrees.
11. management
12. The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
13. To go faster; hurry.
14. The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
15. a prefix used in kinship terms denoting members of a family related by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood: stepbrother.
16. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
17. To withdraw from business or active life:retire.
18. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
19. To increase the speed of:accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, quicken, speed (up).
20. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
21. to make a step, or to walk. He opened the door and stepped out; She stepped briskly along the road. loop يَخْطو стъпвам caminhar (vy)jít schreiten træde βαδίζω, βηματίζω astuma قدم برداشتن astua marcher לִצעוֹד चलना, ठहलना, पर पैर रखना, नाचना koračati, kročiti lép melangkah stíga, taka skref camminare 歩む 걸음을 옮기다 žengti likt soli; soļot melangkah stappen ta et skritt, gå, komme robić krok, iść قدم ايښودل ، ګام اخستل،په پله اندازه كول caminhar a păşi шагать vyjsť stopiti koračati stiga, kliva, ...
22. A small space or distance.
23. a stepladder. May I borrow your steps? leer سُلَّم صَغير стълба escada štafle die Trittleiter (trappe-)stige φορητή, πτυσσόμενη σκάλα redel نردبان تاشو tikkaat escabeauסולם सीढ़ी, जीना, निसेनी ljestve (háztartási) létra tangga (vinnu)tröppur scala はしご 사다리 kopėčios sastatņu kāpnes tangga trapladdergardintrapp składana drabina زينه ،سپكه زينه escadote scară pliantă лестница dvojitý rebrík lestev merdevine trappstege บันไดพับได้ seyyar merdiven 梯子 драбина سیڑھی cái thang 梯子
24. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
25. a ladder with a hinged support at the back and flat steps, not rungs. trapleer سُلَّم صَغير стълба escada štafle die Trittleiter trappestige φορητή/πτυσσόμενη σκάλα treppredel نردبان تاشو tikkaat escabeauסולם संदली sklopive ljestve (háztartási) létra tangga (vinnu)tröppur scala 脚立 접사다리 kopėčios sastatņu kāpnes tangga trapladdergardintrapp składana drabina زينه ،سپكه زينه escadote sca­ră pliantă стремянка rebrík, schodíky lestev merdevine na sklapanje trappstege บันได้พับได้ seyyar merdiven 活動...
26. A gait; manner of walking.
27. large stones placed in a shallow stream etc, on which a person can step when crossing. stapklip حَجَر العُبور عند المَخاضَه камъни за преминаване на река caminho de pedras přechod po kamenech der Trittstein vadesten πέρασμα φτιαγμένο από διαδοχικές πέτρες jalgkivid سنگ چين astinkivi pierre de gué אֶבֶן מִדרָך पैर रखने का पथर, सोपान, साधन kamen u plitkoj vodi za lakše prelaženje gázlókövek batu lompatan staksteinar, stiklur passatoio 飛び石 징검다리 akmenys per ką perbristi, laiptelis kelyje į akmeņi...
    etc
28. Proceeding; measure; action; act.
29. A walk; passage.
    in-plural
30. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
    in-plural
31. A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
32. 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.
33. A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
34. The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
35. A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
36. A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
37. Kick scooter.
    Netherlands, slang
38. Stepping (style of dance)

Equivalents

Examples

“Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”

“The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot.”

“One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”

“Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the steps to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.”

“He improved step by step, or by steps.”

“The first step is to find a job.”

“The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.”

“One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.”

“To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great step in philosophy.”

“It is but a step.”

“The approach of a man is often known by his step.”

“Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.”

“The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world.”

“Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.”

“I have lately taken steps[…]to relieve the old gentleman's distresses.”

“Moon has also requested that government officials take additional steps to help fight pollution, his spokesman said.”

“Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree.”

“Usage note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.”

“A change of position effected by a motion of translation will be called a step.”

“Printing from 0 to 9 with a step of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9.”

“[Krazy Kat, after complimenting a woman on her nice polite little child:] Boy or girl? [Woman:] Step – but well brung up.”

“So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of steps and halves that is another legacy of my father.”

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