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Definition of step

Step
Step Step, n. (Fives) At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
Step
Step Step, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stepped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stepping.] [AS. st[ae]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr. ? to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. Stamp, n. & a.] 1. 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. 2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. 3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination. They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. --Pope. To step aside, to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company. To step forth, to move or come forth. To step in or into. (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to advance suddenly in. Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. --John v. 4. (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the house. (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate. To step out. (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches. (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time. To step short (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules.
Step
Step Step, v. t. 1. To set, as the foot. 2. (Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect. To step off, to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
step
Hop Hop, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.

Meaning of step from wikipedia

- Look up step, STEP, štep, stęp, step-, or steps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Step(s) or STEP may refer to: Steps, making a staircase Walking Dance...
- up step by step in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Step by Step may refer to: Step by Step (1946 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen Step by...
- Look up stepped or stepping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stepping may refer to: Walking, one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals...
- Step by Step is an American television sitcom created by William Bickley and Michael Warren that ran on ABC as part of its TGIF Friday night lineup from...
- Look up two-step in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Two-step or two step may refer to: Two-step (dance move), a dance move used in a wide range of dancing...
- The following is an episode list for the American television sitcom Step by Step. The series originally ran for six seasons on ABC from September 20, 1991...
- In Step is the fourth studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released in 1989. The title In Step can be seen as referring to Vaughan's...
- In group theory, a branch of mathematics, the baby-step giant-step is a meet-in-the-middle algorithm for computing the discrete logarithm or order of...
- Look up step on it in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Step on It may refer to: Step on It (EP), a 1994 EP by Teddybears Step on It! (video game), a 1996...
- Triple step (also three-step or 3-step) is a generic term for dance step patterns that describes three steps or rhythms for instance done on two or four...