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step-|stęp

step (English)

Pronunciation

- US - /stEp/

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Rhymes: ɛp

steppe

Etymology 1

From - steppen|lang=enm, from - en - |to step, go, proceed, advance|lang=ang, from - stapjanan|to step|lang=en, from - stÁb-||stÁbʰ-||stemb-||stembʰ-|to support, stomp, curse, be amazed|lang=en. Cognate with - - - |to step|lang=fy, - - - |to walk, trudge|lang=frr, - - |to step, walk|lang=nl, - - |to trudge, stomp, plod|lang=de

Engelska - stamp

, stomp.

Verb

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.

To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

to step to one of the neighbors

To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. - w:James_Thomson_(poet)|James_Thomson

figuratively

To move mentally; to go in imagination.

They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. - w:Alexander_Pope|Alexander_Pope

To set, as the foot.

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Derived terms

:Category:English_words_derived_from:_step_(verb)

terms derived from the verb step

step_aside (to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company)

step_down

step_forth (to move or come forth)

step_forward

step_in/step_into

step-in

step_out

military

To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches

* To go out for a short distance or a short time

step_short

military

(to diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules)

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_up

Translations

intransitive: to move the foot in walking

Armenian - քայլել|tr=k'aylel

Tjeckiska - kráčet

Holländska - stappen

Finska - astua

Ungerska - lép

, lépdel

Japanska - 踏む

, 踏み出す, 踏み入れる

Polska - zrobić krok

Rumänska - păși

Ryska - шагать

Ryska - шагнуть

Ryska - ступать

Ryska - ступить

Scottish_Gaelic - ceumnaich|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Slovenska - korakati

Swahili - hatua

Zazaki - gam

intransitive: to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance

Armenian - քայլել|tr=k'aylel

Tjeckiska - kráčet

Holländska - stappen

Finska - astella

Japanska - 歩く

Ryska - шагать

Ryska - шагнуть

Ryska - идти

Scottish_Gaelic - ceumnaich|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Slovenska - stopiti

Swahili - hatua

intransitive: to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely

Holländska - stappen

Finska - astua

, astella

Japanska - 歩む

Scottish_Gaelic - ceumnaich|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Swahili - hatua

intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally

Tjeckiska - kráčet

Holländska - gaan

Finska - astua

, siirtyä

Swahili - hatua

transitive: to set, as the foot

Tjeckiska - pokládat

Finska - astua

Scottish_Gaelic - thoir|xs=Scottish Gaelic

transitive, nautical: to erect

Finska - nostaa

Japanska - 立てる

: 走 (zǒu), 步行 (bùxíng)

: astuma

: treten, schreiten

- he|דרך|tr=darakh

: caminar

: adım atmak

Etymology 2

ang|en

- lang=ang

Noun

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.

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.

The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot. - w:Henry_Wotton|Sir_Henry_Wotton

A running_board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

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

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress.

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

He improved step by step, or by steps.

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. - w:Isaac_Newton|Isaac_Newton

A small space or distance.

It is but a step.

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

A gait; manner of walking.

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

* 1900, w:Charles_W._Chesnutt|Charles_W._Chesnutt, w:The_House_Behind_the_Cedars|The_House_Behind_the_Cedars, Chapter I,

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

Proceeding; measure; action; act.

The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world. - w:Alexander_Pope|Alexander_Pope

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. - w:William_Cowper|William_Cowper

I have lately taken steps . . . to relieve the old gentleman's distresses. - w:G._W._Cable|G._W._Cable

() A walk; passage.

Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree. - w:John_Dryden|John_Dryden

(plural): A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

machines

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

machines

A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

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.

kinematics

A change of position effected by a motion of translation. - w:William_Kingdon_Clifford|William_Kingdon_Clifford

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "step"

Back step, Half step, etc. See under back, half, etc.

Step grate: a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.

take_steps|To_take_steps: to take action; to move in a matter.

one_step_at_a_time: slowly and cautiously