English to English
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
The situation called for strong measures.
The police took steps to reduce crime.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the distance covered by a step
He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
He walked with unsteady steps.
source: WordNet 3.0
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
He paused on the bottom step.
source: WordNet 3.0
- relative position in a graded series
Always a step behind.
Subtle gradations in color.
Keep in step with the fashions.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a short distance
It's only a step to the drugstore.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the sound of a step of someone walking
He heard footsteps on the porch.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a musical interval of two semitones
source: WordNet 3.0
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
source: WordNet 3.0
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
He taught them the waltz step.
source: WordNet 3.0
- An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
source: Webster 1913
- At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- shift or move by taking a step
Step back.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Step on the brake.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
source: WordNet 3.0
- treat badly
This boss abuses his workers.
She is always stepping on others to get ahead.
source: WordNet 3.0
- furnish with steps
The architect wants to step the terrace.
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- move with one's feet in a specific manner
Step lively.
source: WordNet 3.0
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
Step over to the blackboard.
source: WordNet 3.0
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
source: WordNet 3.0
- measure (distances) by pacing
Step off ten yards.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
She stepped into a life of luxury.
He won't step into his father's footsteps.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To set, as the foot.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [step] Hakbang; baytang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
verb
- [step] Humakbang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
