step

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. Source: opted

3. a. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. Source: opted

4. a. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination. Source: opted

5. v. t. To set, as the foot. Source: opted

6. v. t. To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect. Source: opted

7. v. i. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. Source: opted

8. v. i. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder. Source: opted

9. v. i. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps. Source: opted

10. v. i. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step. Source: opted

11. v. i. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track. Source: opted

12. v. i. Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step. Source: opted

13. v. i. Proceeding; measure; action; an act. Source: opted

14. v. i. Walk; passage. Source: opted

15. v. i. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position. Source: opted

16. v. i. In general, 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. Source: opted

17. v. i. 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. Source: opted

18. v. i. A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves. Source: opted

19. v. i. The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale. Source: opted

20. v. i. A change of position effected by a motion of translation. Source: opted

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