Word Finder - footstep

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The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

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The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.

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By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.

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To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.

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The sound made by walking, running etc.

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The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.

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A step, as in a stair.

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The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.

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The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.

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Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.

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The act of taking a step.

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Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!

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An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

A light footstep and the clinking of spurs were heard at the door, and the young count, handsome, rosy, with a dark little mustache, evidently rested and made sleeker by his easy life in Moscow, entered the room.

When we are walking past a fence formed by equally-spaced vertical rails or overlapping boards, we may often note that each footstep is followed by a musical ring.

The bearing of the pivot is called a step or footstep. Pivots require great hardness, and are usually made of steel.

And by the way, the footstep sound effects I heard when anyone walked --I think they just copied them from Resident Evil.

When the count came to see her she turned anxiously round at the sound of a man's footstep, and then her face resumed its cold and malevolent expression.

Still lower, beyond the turn of the staircase, one could hear the footstep of someone in thick felt boots, and a voice that seemed familiar to Princess Mary was saying something.