STEP

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

Example: "The situation called for strong measures"

The distance covered by a step

Example: "He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

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

Example: "He walked with unsteady steps"

Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

Example: "He paused on the bottom step"

Relative position in a graded series

Example: "Always a step behind"

A short distance

Example: "It's only a step to the drugstore"

The sound of a step of someone walking

Example: "He heard footsteps on the porch"

A musical interval of two semitones

A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

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

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

Example: "He taught them the waltz step"