STEPPING

Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

Example: "The situation called for strong measures"

• measure  9

• maneuver  13
• manoeuvre  14
• tactical maneuver
• tactical manoeuvre

• countermeasure  18
• porcupine provision
• shark repellent
• guard  7
• • precaution  14
  • safeguard  14
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The distance covered by a step

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

• footstep  13
• pace  8
• stride  7

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

Example: "He walked with unsteady steps"

• locomotion  14
• travel  9

• pace  8
• stride  7
• tread  6
• pas  5
• • trip  6
  • sidestep  11
  • footstep  13
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Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

Example: "He paused on the bottom step"

• stair  5

• support  11

• corbel step
• corbie-step
• corbiestep
• crow step

Relative position in a graded series

Example: "Always a step behind"

• gradation  11

• rank  8

• cut  5

A short distance

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

• stone's throw

The sound of a step of someone walking

Example: "He heard footsteps on the porch"

• footfall  14
• footstep  13

A musical interval of two semitones

• tone  4
• whole step
• whole tone

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"

• footmark  17
• footprint  14

• mark  10
• print  7

• footprint evidence

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"

• dance step

• locomotion  14
• travel  9

• moonwalk  17
• chasse  11
• sashay  12
• glissade  10