step

n

1. footstep, stride, pace, military pace.

2. footfall, tread, tramp, pad; clip-clop, clippety-clop, hoofbeat.

3. footprint, footmark, print, track; trail, spoor, vestige, imprint.

4. gait, walk, bearing, carriage; shuffle, hobble; mincing step; goose step; roll, swagger; hop, skip; gallop, canter, trot.

5. steps

course, path, way, route; passage, travels, journey, trip.

6. move, proceeding, act, action, measure; period, point, stage, installment, phase; deed, effort, exploit, stroke.

7. mark, rank, degree, grade, level, rung.

8. short distance, stone's throw, earshot, spitting di: tance.

9.(in reference to movement) pattern, design, con figuration, shape, structure, rhythm.

v

10. move, go, advance, proceed; walk, am bulate, perambulate, foot, stride, pace, hoof it; stroll saunter, amble; slog, plod, trudge; (all usu. of horses race, run, sprint, gallop, trot; cover ground, travel spurt, scamper, scurry, hustle, scoot; bolt, dart, fly. bound, outrun one's shadow.

11. step on

tread, stamp, tramp, trample; press, tap, kick, treadle