DANCE STEP Synonyms

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• the distance covered by a step

• the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

• 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

• 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

• 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

• the sound of a step of someone walking

• the act of taking a step in walking

• the distance covered by a step

• a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

• the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

• the activity of flying a glider

• move smoothly and effortlessly

• fly in or as if in a glider plane

• cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

• the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

• twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

• an informal dance where popular music is played

• jump lightly

• move quickly from one place to another

• travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

• traverse as if by a short airplane trip

• jump across

• make a jump forward or upward

• music in three-four time for dancing a jig

• a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

• a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it

• any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

• dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

• a sudden and decisive increase

• an abrupt transition

• (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

• a sudden involuntary movement

• descent with a parachute

• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make a sudden physical attack on

• increase suddenly and significantly

• be highly noticeable

• enter eagerly into

• rise in rank or status

• jump down from an elevated point

• run off or leave the rails

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• cause to jump or leap

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• bypass

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• an abrupt transition

• a sudden and decisive increase

• the distance leaped (or to be leaped)

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• jump down from an elevated point

• cause to jump or leap

• the act of deciding to do something

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

• change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

• follow a procedure or take a course

• be in a state of action

• go or proceed from one point to another

• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• give an incentive for action

• arouse sympathy or compassion in

• dispose of by selling

• progress by being changed

• live one's life in a specified environment

• have a turn; make one's move in a game

• propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

• carry out or perform an action

• perform a function

• give a performance (of something)

• get (something) done

• a proud stiff pompous gait

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• spring forward on the hind legs

• cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

• ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

• a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

• (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

• a journey taken for pleasure

• move sideways

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• perform a chasse step, in ballet

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

• walk by dragging one's feet

• move about, move back and forth

• mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

• a gait in which steps and hops alternate

• a mistake resulting from neglect

• bypass

• intentionally fail to attend

• jump lightly

• leave suddenly

• bound off one point after another

• cause to skip over a surface

• a male deer, especially an adult male red deer

• adult male deer

• attend a dance or a party without a female companion

• give away information about somebody

• watch, observe, or inquire secretly

• a step in walking or running

• the distance covered by a step

• significant progress (especially in the phrase `make strides')

• walk with long steps

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• a gentle blow

• a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

• a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

• a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

• a plug for a bunghole in a cask

• the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

• a light touch or stroke

• cut a female screw thread with a tap

• draw from or dip into to get something

• strike lightly

• draw from; make good use of

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

• furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• walk with a tapping sound

• dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

• draw (liquor) from a tap

• pierce in order to draw a liquid from

• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

• the tip of a toe

• on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe

• walk on one's toes

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• the act of rotating rapidly

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin