noun / verb
step
STEP/step/
An advance made by lifting and placing a foot.
The lifted foot completes a step onto the low stair.
Etymology
Old English stæpe named both an act of stepping and the footprint it left. The selected meaning preserves the movement itself: one completed placement of the foot in walking.
In context
with the next step I should be squashed to death under his foot or cut in two with his reaping hook
More examples
- Please step over the puddle.
- He stepped backward to let the stroller pass.
- The dancers move in time with quick, light steps.
Forms
step · steps · stepped · stepping
footstep noun — The sound or mark of a step.