step
Treat badly.
“She is always stepping on others to get ahead”
Put down or press the foot, place the foot.
“step on the brake”
Cause (a computer) to execute a single command.
Furnish with steps.
“The architect wants to step the terrace”
Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.
“She stepped into a life of luxury”
“he won't step into his father's footsteps”
Move with one's feet in a specific manner.
“step lively”
Place (a ship's mast) in its step.
Shift or move by taking a step.
“step back”
Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner.
“step over to the blackboard”
Measure (distances) by pacing.
“step off ten yards”
Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
“he paused on the bottom step”
The distance covered by a step.
“he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig”
A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
“the police took steps to reduce crime”
The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.
“he walked with unsteady steps”
A short distance.
“it's only a step to the drugstore”
A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance.
“he taught them the waltz step”
Relative position in a graded series.
“always a step behind”
“keep in step with the fashions”
A musical interval of two semitones.
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.
The sound of a step of someone walking.
“he heard footsteps on the porch”