to move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.-to walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.-to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.-fig.: to move mentally; to go in imagination.-to set, as the foot.-to fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.-an advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.-a rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.-the space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.-a small space or distance; as, it is but a step.-a print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.-gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.-proceeding; measure; action; an act.-walk; passage.-a portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.-in general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.-one of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.-a bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.-the intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.-a change of position effected by a motion of translation.