step

step is a 4-letter English word with 42 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 42 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
3. adjective. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
4. adjective. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
5. transitive verb. To set, as the foot.
6. transitive verb. To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
7. intransitive verb. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
8. intransitive verb. 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.
9. intransitive verb. 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.
10. intransitive verb. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
11. intransitive verb. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
12. intransitive verb. Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
13. intransitive verb. Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
14. intransitive verb. Walk; passage.
15. intransitive verb. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
16. intransitive verb. 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.
17. intransitive verb. 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.
18. intransitive verb. A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
19. intransitive verb. The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
20. intransitive verb. A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
21. A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.
22. noun. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

    "the situation called for strong measures"

    "the police took steps to reduce crime"

    Synonyms: measure

23. noun. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

    "he walked with unsteady steps"

24. noun. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

    "he taught them the waltz step"

25. noun. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

    "he paused on the bottom step"

    Synonyms: stair

26. noun. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
27. noun. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

    "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

    Synonyms: footmark, footprint

28. noun. a musical interval of two semitones

    Synonyms: tone

29. noun. the sound of a step of someone walking

    "he heard footsteps on the porch"

    Synonyms: footfall, footstep

30. noun. the distance covered by a step

    "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

    Synonyms: footstep, pace, stride

31. noun. a short distance

    "it's only a step to the drugstore"

32. noun. relative position in a graded series

    "always a step behind"

    "subtle gradations in color"

    Synonyms: gradation

33. verb. 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"

34. verb. measure (distances) by pacing

    "step off ten yards"

    Synonyms: pace

35. verb. place (a ship's mast) in its step
36. verb. shift or move by taking a step

    "step back"

37. verb. put down or press the foot, place the foot

    "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"

    "step on the brake"

    Synonyms: tread

38. verb. walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

    "step over to the blackboard"

39. verb. move with one's feet in a specific manner

    "step lively"

40. verb. furnish with steps

    "The architect wants to step the terrace"

41. verb. treat badly

    "This boss abuses his workers"

    "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

    Synonyms: abuse, maltreat, mistreat

42. verb. cause (a computer) to execute a single command

Synonyms

measure, stair, footmark, footprint, tone, footfall, footstep, pace, stride, gradation, tread, abuse, maltreat, mistreat

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in step:

pest, pets, sept, spet

Common word forms

steps, stepped, stepper, stepless, stepping

Words from these letters

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