step
- noun
- /stɛp/
- She painted each step of the stairs a different color to make them more inviting.
- watch your step
- climb the steps
- descend the steps
Now we've got the body dumped on the step outside.
- Now we've got the body dumped on the step outside.
- I go down the steps downstairs and I go, hi, I'm.
- It's a spoils leaving it on your front steps for the cats to come piss on.
- OK here's what happened. I got to my door step,
- Gone, destroyed their little lips where the step overhang, each one destroyed.
- Somebody had left the back the back step light on up the mountain.
- I'm walking down the steps and it's all these niggas.
Examples
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The altar rests upon white marble steps placed in the middle of an open space.
Academic text (1995) -
Meryl came after us at once, running down the steps as we walked toward Vivian's car.
Fiction book (1990) -
Watch him sit on the step, he'll pull his arms straight.
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A door at the foot of the steps led me inside, out of the wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
You pick your newspaper off your front step in front of your door.
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We got out of the car and headed up the steps behind Uncle Bob.
Fiction book (1990) -
Edward closes the door and walks past her down the steps to the living room.
Fiction book (1990) -
A dog lay in wait for me as I sat on the steps of a Catholic convent.
Academic text (1999) -
I remember your great-grandfather coming out onto the courthouse steps, holding your father's hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
The steps are icy.
Synonyms
A flat part of a set of steps where you put your foot when you go up or down
The step at the bottom of a door that you cross to go inside
The part of a shoe or tire that touches the ground for grip
A single step in a staircase
A small step that helps you reach high places like a top shelf
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To take responsibility and act when a difficult situation happens
- Informal
Make someone angry by doing their job or making decisions for them
- Informal
Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important
- Informal
An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Compounds
- Specialized
The smallest jump between two notes in Western music, one piano key apart
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
- Specialized
A device that raises the voltage of electric current that changes direction
- Specialized
A stone or brick step that sticks out along the sloping edge of a gable wall
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Specialized
A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space
- Specialized
A device that lowers high electric voltage so appliances work safely
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Step comes from an old English word steppan meaning 'to place the foot', so a step is the flat place on a stair where you put your foot.