Word Finder - steps

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

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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.

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A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.

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He improved step by step, or by steps.

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

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

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The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

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

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A small space or distance.

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It is but a step.

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

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A gait; manner of walking.

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

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Proceeding; measure; action; act.

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(plural) A walk; passage.

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

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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.

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(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.

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

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The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

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(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

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A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.

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

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A stepsibling.

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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.

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

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to step to one of the neighbors

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To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

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To move mentally; to go in imagination.

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To set, as the foot.

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

These steps lead to the Land of the Gargoyles.

She backed up a few steps.

She climbed the hill with dragging steps.

He called Lydia's name but it was several minutes before he heard steps, and more time before the door was opened.

She took three steps away from her cave.

She reluctantly relinquished the kitten and watched him retrace his steps to the barn.

With quick steps he went joyfully up to Pierre.

He took a few steps and then paused, glancing back at her.

Cynthia, trailing a few steps behind, bumped into him as they stopped and stared at the gaping opening.

They retraced their steps until they reached another fork in the tunnel.

Neither wanted to retrace their steps to investigate.

Some steps towards incorporation were doubtless taken, but it is remarkable that no traces of its municipal character are discoverable in any subsequent records.

This was divided from the nave, sometimes by an arch forming part of the structure of the building, sometimes by a screen, or by steps, sometimes by all three (see Chancel).

The precise steps of the conquest are not known.

The steps by which these results were reached can to some extent be dated.

Now this in Timothy's case, as far as we can trace his steps, was Ephesus; and it is natural to ask whether it will not suit all the conditions of the problem.

It is approached in a very circuitous way, either by a passage (Xaupn) leading from a side door in the main propylaeum or by another long passage which winds round the back cf the chief hall, and so leads by a long flight of steps, cut in the rock, to the little postern door in the semicircular bastion.

He released her, and she gave another curtsy then took a few steps back.

One flip of the switch and she retraced her steps, quietly slipping under the covers to snuggle close to Alex again.

Alex grabbed Carmen's waist and pulled her back a few steps.

They stayed in the barn for a while, watching as the foal took its first steps, and finally found the milk supply.

She only made it a few steps away from him when she felt a tug on her back belt loop.

Down the steps and around to the car, and then she made the mistake of glancing up at him.

A few steps down the hall the other way assured him Destiny was still asleep.

Sand challenged her first couple of steps.

I'm taking steps to remedy those issues.

I went several steps farther.

She sat on the river bank across from a series of wide, large steps leading up a hill to the park where the Arch stood, framed against a black sky.

The woman motioned them to follow, her quick steps echoing across the cobblestones.

She picked her way through the first few steps, startled when he launched himself at a tree, clawed his way up, and bypassed the muddy section by leaping to the next tree.

He looked at the jaguar again and took another two tiny steps, as if testing her resolve to ground him.

She closed her eyes as she stepped into and through the wall and opened them after two steps.

Behind the tent and its low, shallow steps was a small group of blond warriors surrounding a fifth man with darker skin and hair.

Kiera took two steps back, shuddering in disgust and fear.

Kiera approached the door in two quick steps, waved her bracelet in front of one then the second access pad, and pushed the door to hurry it.

A'Ran trailed several steps, watching the way her hips sashayed as she walked.

She took a few steps back and then whirled to run.

She took a few steps back and flinched at the first silent contact of his sword with another's.

He'd dreaded his first steps on his planet, fearing it, too, would've lost faith in him.

You should consider taking steps to assure your husband understands that you've left him for good and want no further contact with him.

Edith at first looked shocked, but almost at once, her face melted to a resigned look—a condemned maiden mounting the guillotine steps, Joan of Arc as the match ignited her pyre.

Cop two remained a dozen steps behind them as if to let the pair know they'd better do as they were told.

The woman, a few steps from girlhood, was attractive in a cute, but no-nonsense way.

If he'd thought for a minute she was suicidal, he'd have taken some steps to protect her from herself.

That she give birth to the baby and march up to the parsonage steps?

He felt like they were moving one step forward, two steps backward.

Retracing his steps to the office, he retrieved the picture.

Carmen took a few extra steps to catch up with Katie's stride.

Taking mincing steps so that the water wouldn't slosh out of the buckets, she worked her way toward the barn door.

He tucked the chicken under his arm and hesitantly joined her at the porch steps.