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Definition: Step |
StepNoun1. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime". 2. The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig". 3. The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps". 4. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step". 5. Relative position in a graded series: "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions". 6. A short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore". 7. The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch". 8. A musical interval of two semitones. 9. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; a clue that someone was present; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window". 10. : a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step". Verb1. Take a step. 2. Put down the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "step" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Step \Step\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon st[ae]pe. See Step, verb. i.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | STEP Standard for the exchange of product model data. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Food & Agriculture | A piece or combination of pieces of timber, iron, steel or other material, forming a strong bed or foundation under the lower end of a mast, bitt, stanchion, or other item calling for substantial support. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A space or indentation below the surface of a structure or an alcove in a partition or bulkhead. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | Patterned ground. . refers to. . forms such as circles, polygons, nets, -- and stripes. . . characteristic of. . . the mantle subject to frost action. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The active part of a sliding thrust bearing placed at the end of the shaft. It is shaped like a disk or ring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Each of the steps on a stepped face. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. Fault; a small fault; a small fault in a stepped series of faults b. A small offset on a piece of core or in a drill hole resulting from a sudden sidewise deviation of the bit as it enters a hard, tilted stratum or rock underlying a softer rock. CF:kick c. One of several terracelike or stairstep concentric configurations on the crown of a diamond bit. See also:step-face bit d. A treatment of one part of a sample in a sample divider (thus a pass consists of one or more steps) e. The action of setting a lock gate into a vertical positio. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
StEP | English | Staggered extension process | N/A |
STEP | French | Norme ISO pour l'échange de données sur les modèles de produits | N/A |
STEP | Italian | Programma sull'Energia del Sole e della Terra | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: StepSynonyms: dance step (n), footfall (n), footmark (n), footprint (n), footstep (n), gradation (n), measure (n), pace (n), stair (n), stone's throw (n), stride (n), tone (n), whole step (n), whole tone (n), tread (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: step-in (building & civil engineering, meteorology & standards). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Journey | Walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path. |
Plan | Measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea. |
Support | Frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra. |
Term | Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Step |
| English words defined with "step": corbel step, crow step ♦ keep step ♦ Oblique step ♦ step forward, step to the fore, step up ♦ To step out, To step short. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "step": Eureka step ♦ One Step from the Sublime to the Ridiculous ♦ resolution step, resolving step ♦ Step 2 payments, Step family, step tablet. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "step": treadle. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Step" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (prairie, steppe), Dutch (scooter), German (tap dance), Turkish (step, step dance, steppe, wold). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If it were up to me, you'd never step foot in another ship (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Step into my office (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) If were going to move forward this is the next logical step. (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe) Want me to step on your feet (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont) | |
Lyrics | Step by step ooh baby (STEP BY STEP; performing artist: New Kids On The Block) So I wake in the morning and I step outside (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes) Without a dope beat to step to (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) You always walked a step behind (Wind beneath my wings; performing artist: BETTE MIDLER) But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes ("Blue Suede Shoes"; performing artist: Carl Perkins) | |
Clever | A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. (references; author: Mark Twain) If danger's a step away, safety's step away. (references; author: unknown) If you step in a puddle, don't blame the puddle. (references; author: unknown) We only grow when we step outside our comfort zone. (references; author: unknown) Adult Education Topic: How to fill up the ice cube trays. Step by step, with slide presentation. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Seventh Step to Freedom (1973) One Step to Hell (1967) Never a Backward Step (1966) Step Out of Your Mines (1964) One Step at a Time (1964) | |
Song Titles | Step By Step (performing artist: New Kids On The Block) Impresionists 2 Step (performing artist: Pop Wagner) Step By Step (performing artist: Whitney Houston) | |
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 | Seen is a lab technician performing a step in the estrogen receptor assay. She is placing some liquid in test vials and inspecting them. In some slides only her hands and the vials are visible. The results of this test indicate whether removal of ovaries or antiestrogen drugs is the likely therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown is a lab technician performing a step in the estrogen receptor assay test. She is seen with a test tube containing some frozen breast tissue, inserted in a beaker of ice water. She is readying the tube for mixing. The tube is being attached to the appropriate machinery. The technician, wearing rubber gloves and a white lab coat is not visible in all slides. This test determines whether antiestrogen drugs or removal of ovaries is likely to be the effective therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | This laboratorian is identifying fleas as one step in the collection of Plague Study data. Credit: CDC. |  | Astronomer Laura Danly of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has taken a major step ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Large marlin on swim step of charter vessel (CPFV). Credit: Fisheries. |  | When a boat is too confining, fishermen step out on a shoal and cast for redfish in Laguna Madre. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Results of the METEOR expedition. This simple diagram, showing a cold pool on the west side of the Atlantic with different salinity, established the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a step on the road to formulating the theory of seafloor spreading. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 61. Richard bottle (1940 model) devised by Dr. Jules Richard, Director of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco, and constructed by Charles Calleri, at that time the museum's instrument maker. This bottle did not represent a step forward, but instead was an example of using material's at hand to construct a sampling device during the difficult days of WW II. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Updated modeling and simulation tools, such as the Advanced Flight Propulsion Data Validation/Analysis System, will allow the F-22 Combined Test Force here to make further predictions when the Raptor begins to step out of the flight envelope during future. |  | Step pools are used for improved fish habitat. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
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| "Watch your step" by Luis Alexandre Commentary: "'princess danae' cruise ship, was loaded up with these signs.. they were just everywhere." | "Watch your step" by Mantis Wong Commentary: "Inside of a bus." |
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 | Beginning; start; commencement; day one; embark; embarkation; first step; inauguration; inception; initiation; jump off; jumping-off place; kickoff; onset; opening; origin; outset; setting out; source; springboard; square one; start off; takeoff; starting. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Many men take the wrong step by standing still. |
Confucius | A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
Jane Austen | From politics it was an easy step to silence. |
Neil A. Armstrong | That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. |
Philip James Bailey | Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. |
Publilius Syrus | A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation. |
St. Jerome | The tired ox treads with a firmer step. |
William Drayton | Change starts when someone sees the next step. |
William Whewell | Every failure is a step to success. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance of that class. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In any case where a Creditor Clearing Office declines to notify a claim to the Debtor Clearing Office, or to take any step provided for in this Annex, intended to make effective in whole or in part a request of which it has received due notice, the enemy creditor shall be entitled to receive from the Clearing Office a certificate setting out the amount of the claim, and shall then be entitled to prosecute the claim before the courts or to take such other proceedings as may be open to him. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In such a matter we can only go step by step, but we must begin now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | They arrived, the carriage turned, the step was let down, and Mr. Elton, spruce, black, and smiling, was with them instantly |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | It did indeed seem reasonable not to take so irrevocable a step as that, without due enquiry |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | He sat on a step, took from his satchel a bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit and a towel |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Thus they went onward, not boldly, but step by step, into the themes that were brooding deepest in their hearts |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It produced the effect upon him of the first step of a staircase reascending towards life |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The priest rose and, turning towards the altar, knelt upon the step before the tabernacle in the fallen gloom |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She was brushing water through her hair with her fingers when a step sounded on the concrete floor behind her. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | It was impossible for me to climb this stile, because every step was six feet high, and the upper stone above twenty |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Thus he goes a step or two beyond instinct, and saves a little time for the fine arts |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Again, the next step is larger studies. (references) | |
Rather, each step should be presented individually. (references) | ||
At each step, the NIA is fostering industry participation. (references) | ||
Business | It is an important step for further liberalization of the market. (references) | |
The plan before the NESDB is a major step to reduce that wastage. (references) | ||
Under NAFTA, the first step in dispute settlement is consultations. (references) | ||
Children | Iceland | Human rights monitors criticized this as a step backward in the protection of children's rights. (references) |
Angola | The Government considers its registration program to be a first step in addressing the number of homeless children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Spain | This assistance is available from the first step in the process through any appeals of unfavorable decisions. (references) |
Economic History | Czech Rep | The most important first step is finding a local partner. (references) |
India | It is a major step in the ongoing process of liberalization. (references) | |
Estonia | Economically and socially, land reform in 1919 was the most important step. (references) | |
Human Rights | Japan | Confession is regarded as the first step in the rehabilitative process. (references) |
Guatemala | The pledge was short-lived; in July the President asked Alvarado to step down. (references) | |
Egypt | In an unusual step, in September the Ministry of Interior issued a detailed written response to the HRCAP report rebutting the claims. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Guatemala | Some observers criticized the event as a farce, while others described it as an important first step toward reconciliation. (references) |
Political Economy | GREECE | In practical effect, the decree constitutes a step back from deregulation of the industry. (references) |
EGYPT | Official valuations of the four large state-owned insurance companies as a first step to privatization were completed in mid-2001. (references) | |
Political Rights | Armenia | However, 1999 parliamentary elections although marred by some irregularities, represented a step towards more free and fair elections. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | Pressure against a major domestic election-monitoring NGO violated fundamental freedoms, a step backward in comparison with the parliamentary elections. (references) | |
Somalia | Regional elections in Puntland were held during the year; however, President Yusuf refused to step down, and Chief Justice Nur assumed powers as interim president. (references) | |
Trade | Honduras | Overall, the new legislation is a major step toward modernizing financial intermediation in Honduras. (references) |
Mexico | A critical step in the export procedure is to receive the money for the products sold to Mexican end-users. (references) | |
Vietnam | This is a positive step to make the country's import and export regulations more stable and predictable to importers and exporters. (references) | |
Women | Korea | Women's groups praised the law as a significant step in combating domestic violence. (references) |
Senegal | Most human rights organizations considered the law to be a decisive step towards greater protection of women. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | In 1999 the Ministry of Interior announced that preparations were underway to issue identity cards to women, which would represent a step toward allowing women to establish independent legal identities from men. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | As a result, a majority of strikes are technically "illegal" because one or both of the sides do not follow each step exactly as required by law. (references) |
Guatemala | An ILO direct contacts mission headed by Adrian Goldin that visited the country in April noted that these reforms "constitute a significant step forward in the application of Conventions Nos. (references) | |
Italy | When an employer and a union fail to reach an agreement, courts may step in to determine fair wages on the basis of practice in comparable activities, although this rarely happens in practice. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutoeus maximus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bono | Investment in the future. Help is a good word. And I know if Americans understand that their money is going to be spent well, they are ready to step up to the plate. |
Dennis Miller | Next step, fat America will start blaming restaurants for being open. |
Ellen Levin | Yeah, because it looked like it was going into deadlock, and Linda sat with us, too. She confided in us every step of the way with the plea bargain. |
Ross Perot | Well, again, we do need campaign reform. It's very difficult to get, if this does occur, it's an incremental first step. That's better than nothing. But it's a long way from where the whole process needs to go. |
Rush Limbaugh | We send money to the poor people you step over as you stumble home drunk on bubbly. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | The first necessary step, then, is to depute power from the many to a few of the most wise and good. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Where private industry cannot build, the Government must step in to do the job. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Perhaps now, as we step back from danger, we can together make real progress in this vital field. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | You take an oath, you step into an office, and you must then help guide a great democracy. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | My tax proposals are a major step in that direction. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But now the Soviet Union has taken a radical and an aggressive new step. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Reduction of strategic offensive arms is one step. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | We've got to step forward when there's trouble, lend a hand, be what I call a point of light to a stranger in need. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let's do it step by step. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | With every step the Iraqi regime takes toward gaining and deploying the most terrible weapons, our own options to confront that regime will narrow. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Step" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.99% of the time. "Step" is used about 8,035 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.99% | 6,588 | 1,467 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.02% | 966 | 7,546 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.3% | 426 | 13,430 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.66% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,035 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "step" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Step | Last name | 100 | 77,680 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "step". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Tiphsah | N/A | Biblical | Step |
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| Country | Name |
| Japan | Step Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "step": a devious step ♦ a false step ♦ aircraft step ♦ Back step ♦ backward step ♦ be in step ♦ ceremonial step ♦ collar step ♦ corbel step ♦ crow step ♦ curtail step ♦ dance step ♦ devious step ♦ door step ♦ epitaxial growth step ♦ epitaxial step ♦ eureka step ♦ fall in step with ♦ fall into step with ♦ falling out of step ♦ false step ♦ first step ♦ front step ♦ goose step ♦ half step ♦ Heaviside unit step ♦ high step ♦ Hop step and a jump ♦ Hop step and jump ♦ in step ♦ keep step ♦ keep step with ♦ legal step ♦ Lock step ♦ marching in step ♦ miss one's step ♦ no step ♦ not a step farther! ♦ oblique step ♦ out of step ♦ out of step with ♦ parade step ♦ porch step ♦ quick step ♦ quiet step ♦ regulating step command ♦ resolution step ♦ resolving step ♦ retrograde step ♦ retrogressive step ♦ side step ♦ single step operation ♦ step across ♦ step and repeat camera ♦ step aside ♦ step away ♦ step back ♦ step backwards ♦ step between ♦ step board ♦ step brother ♦ step by step ♦ step by step adjusting command ♦ step by step operation ♦ step by step variable gear ♦ step by step with ♦ step clear ♦ step costs ♦ step dance ♦ step dancing ♦ step daughter ♦ step down ♦ step encipherment ♦ step encypherment ♦ step father ♦ step fault ♦ step faults ♦ step forward ♦ step grate ♦ step in ♦ step in quickly ♦ step inside ♦ step into ♦ step into the shoes of ♦ step it ♦ step ladder ♦ step mother ♦ step number ♦ step of a seaplane ♦ step off ♦ step on ♦ step on board ♦ step on it ♦ step on it! ♦ step on the accelerator ♦ step on the gas ♦ step on the gas! ♦ step on to land ♦ step onto ♦ step out ♦ step out on smb.. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "step": step-aerobics, step-and-repeat, step-and-scan, step-angle, step-antic, step-aunt, step-brother, step-brothers, step-by-step, step-by-step, step-by-step mode, step-chain, step-change, step-child, step-children, step-compliant, step-cutting, step-dad, step-dame, step-dancing, step-daughter, step-daughters, step-down, step-down transformer, step-families, step-family, step-father, step-fathers, step-free, step-grandchild, step-grandchildren, step-granddaughter, step-granddaughters, step-grandfather, step-grandmother, step-grandparents, step-in, step-ins, step-ladder, step-ladders, step-length, step-like, step-little, step-mother, step-motherly, step-mothers, step-neck, step-out, step-over, step-overs, step-parent, step-parenting, step-parents, step-p-e, step-printer, step-relations, step-relatives, step-sibling, step-siblings, step-sister, step-sisters, Step-sister-to-be, step-skippin', step-son, step-sons, step-stoning, step-stool, step-stools, step-uncle, step-up, step-up transformer, step-ups, step-wise. | |
Ending with "step": door-step, full-step, Kik-step, mini-step, multi-step, one-step, side-step, three-step, two-step. | |
Containing "step": hop-step-and-jump, one-step-at-a-time, side-step maneuver. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
daddy step | 2,045 | daddy lyrics step | 106 |
one step ahead | 996 | usmle step 3 | 95 |
step 2 | 897 | step bar | 93 |
step by step | 499 | into liquid step | 89 |
step | 433 | step ladder | 86 |
side step | 342 | show step | 81 |
step aerobic | 338 | step team | 81 |
step stool | 295 | step parent | 75 |
12 step program | 215 | in step | 74 |
first step | 172 | step father | 73 |
step parenting | 172 | in love name step | 72 |
step van | 168 | step ahead | 67 |
one step closer | 161 | irish step dancing | 66 |
step dad | 157 | by hair step step style | 65 |
one step | 144 | usmle step 1 | 65 |
step ladders | 143 | the next step | 65 |
step 2 toy | 134 | 12 step | 64 |
step by step tv show | 128 | step reebok | 62 |
step two | 127 | step by step cast | 62 |
quick step | 113 | step family | 61 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "step"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | stiefvader (step-father), stiefsuster (step-sister), stiefmoeder (step-mother), stiefdogter (step-daughter), stiefbroer (step-brother). (various references) | |
Albanian | shtyp (bruise, clench, compact, crush, Dent, depress, die, grind, newspapers, oppress, organ, override, pestle, pound, press, print, push down, quash, quell, repress, run down, run over, scotch, squash, squeeze, stamp, strike off, suppress, swat, trample, trample down, triturate, type, tyrannize), shkoj (be, befit, call on, come round, destine, elapse, get, go, go by, ride, thread, trace, tread, visit, wend), shkel (backslide, break, contravene, disobey, encroach, entrench, evade, go back, impinge, infringe, make inroads into, muscle in, obtrude, offend, outrage, outrun, override, perambulate, poach, press, pull, trample, trample down, trample on, transgress, tread, tread on, trouble), veprim (act, action, activity, agency, deed, doing, engagement, fact, motion, move, movement, operation, play, procedure, proceeding, reaction, transaction, turn), rrugë e shkurtër, lëviz (budge, change place, dance, dodge, draft, draught, drive, go along, move, proceed, remove, stir), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), gjurmë (Dent, dint, drag, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, indent, indentation, marking, print, print track, scent, sign, slot, smell, spoor, stamp, tincture, tinge, trace, track, trail, vestige, vestigium), figurë (character, figure, figure of speech, illustration, image, personage, personality, piece), ecje (footing, gait, going, motion, movement, pace, run, tread, walk, walking), eci (foot, go, hike, hoof, proceed, progress, tread, walk), e ecur (motion, walk). (various references) | |
Arabic | مرتبة (degree, rank), خطوة (pace), درجة (degree, stairs), موطئ (footstep), مرحلة (degree, grade, juncture, lap, period, phase, point, stage), مشى (carry, foot, go, pan, perambulate, traipse, travel, tread, walk), تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ترقية (advancement, preferment, promotion, uplift), عتبة الباب (sill), خطوة (footstep, move, pace, stride, tread), خطا (march, tread), الخطوة, إجراء (execution, procedure, restraint, transaction), درج (calibrate, code, grade, graduate, include, insert, inset, locker, scale, slot, staircase, stairs, stud, toddle), بادر (initiate, instigate, sponsor). (various references) | |
Basque | maila. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | танцова стъпка (pas), постъпка (act, action, deed, offence, proceeding, thing), правя танцови стъпки, правя стъпала, праг (doorstep, drop, groundsel, shoot, sill, threshold), звук от стъпки (footfall, footsteps), мярка (bundle, gauge, measure, measurement, rate, remedy, size, yardstick), вървя (foot, go, gone, move, pass, pike, progress, push on, ride, run, sell, track, tread, walk, work), гнездо на стълб, походка (action, deportment, foot, gait, pace, tread, walk, walking), крачка (move, pace, remove), стъпка (footfall, footstep, measure, move, numbers, pace, pitch, remove, track, tread), ходя (date, foot, get about, go, navigate, walk), разстояние (distance, expanse, fetch, interval, length, range, remove, space, way), синхронизъм, слагам мачта в гнездо, следа от стъпка (footmark, footstep, vestige), служебна степен, стъпало (foot, metatarsus, rung, running board, shoulder, sill, stage, stave, tread), стъпвам (set foot, tread), крача (pace, stride). (various references) | |
Chinese | 陔 (terrace), 躡 (chase, tread), 腳步 (footstep), 級 (grade, involved, level, rank, tangled), 措施 (measure), 步調 (gait, marching order, pace), 步驟 (measure, move), 步伐 (march, pace), 步子 (pace), 步 (Step-, steps), 一步 . (various references) | |
Czech | stupeò (degree, grade, order, phase, pitch, point, rank, rate, rung, stage, tier), stepovat (tap dance), schodištì (backstairs, ghat, stair, staircase, stairway), schod (stair, tread), vykroèit, udìlat krok, opatření (extremity, measure, move, precaution, procuration, provision, remedy), krok (footstep, gait, measure, move, pace, pas, tread, walk), kráèet (March, pace, stride, tread, walk), jít (come, go, tread, walk, wend, work), chùze (gait, going, pace, passage, tread, walk, walking). (various references) | |
Danish | træde (pace, stalk, stride, tread), skridt (pace, stride). (various references) | |
Dutch | treden (pace, stalk, stride, tread), trede (rung, stair), stappen (pace, stalk, stride, tread), lopen (flow, go, go for a walk, go on foot, march, pace, run, stalk, stride, stroll, tread, walk). (various references) | |
Esperanto | paŝo (pace, stride), paŝi (pace, stalk, stride, tread), ŝtupo (rung, stair). (various references) | |
Faeroese | stig (degree, grade, musical time, pace, point, rung, stair, stride, tact), trappusteinur (rung, stair), ganga fet fyri fet (pace, stalk, stride, tread), fet (pace, stride). (various references) | |
Farsi | پله (Echelon, Rime, Rung, Stair), پلکان (Pitch, Ramp, Stairway), قدم زدن (Gait, Pace, Pad, Stride, Stroll, Traipse, Vamp), قدم برداشتن , قدم (Foot, Pace, Stride), گام (Gait, Gamut, Pace, Stride), صدای پا (Pad, Plod, Tramp), رکاب (Stirrup), رتبه (Degree, Dignity, Grade, Rank, Station, Stratum), درجه (Alloy, Degree, Gauge, Gradation, Grade, Length, Mark, Measure, Peg, Point, Proportion, Stair, Thermometer). (various references) | |
Finnish | porras (footbridge, rung, stair), askel (footstep, pace, stride). (various references) | |
French | marche (stair), pas (steps, stride), étape (stadium, stage, stop, stopover). (various references) | |
Frisian | tree (rung, stair). (various references) | |
German | Stufe (degree, grade, increment, layer, level, pace, phase, rank, rung, stage, stair, terrace, tier), Schritt (crotch, degree, footfall, footstep, gait, move, pace, pas, steps, stride, tread, trod, walk, yard), Tritt (footprint, footstep, hack, kick, kicks, mating, pace, running board, stair, stride, tread, treadle, treads, walk), treten (begin, enter, go, kick, mate with, pace, pedal, press, shove about, shove around, stalk, start, stride, tread, walk), Staffel (bench, degree, easel, echelon, grade, relay, relay race, relay team, rung, squadron, stair, tressle, workbench), maßnahme (action, measure, move, sanction). (various references) | |
Greek | βήμα (footstep, gait, pace, pas, rostrum, stride), σκαλοπάτι (stair, stile), βηματίζω (pace, stride), βαθμίδα (level, rank, stair), διάβημα (action, overture, procedure, representation). (various references) | |
