steps

Noun

• a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
• the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
  • "I followed in his steps"
  • "he retraced his steps"
  • "his steps turned toward home"
• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
  • "the police took steps to reduce crime"
• the distance covered by a step
• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
  • "he walked with unsteady steps"
• support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• relative position in a graded series
• a short distance
• the sound of a step of someone walking
  • "he heard footsteps on the porch"
• a musical interval of two semitones
• a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
• a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
• a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
• plural of step.
• a course followed by a person in walking or as walking
• a flight of stairs, especially out of doors
• stepladder

Verb

• shift or move by taking a step
• put down or press the foot, place the foot
• cause (a computer) to execute a single command
• treat badly
• furnish with steps
• move with one's feet in a specific manner
• walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
• place (a ship's mast) in its step
• measure (distances) by pacing
• move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
  • "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of step

Examples

• He clumped up the steps.
• Her mother was a writer and Con had always determined to follow in her steps.
• She followed the steps of the girl beside her

Synonyms

abuse, dance step, footfall, footmark, footprint, footstep, gradation, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, measure, mistreat, pace, stair, stairs, step, stone's throw, stride, tone, tread, whole step, whole tone