Step vs. Stairs

Stepnoun

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.

Stepnoun

A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.

Stepnoun

A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.

Stepnoun

A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

Stepnoun

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

Stepnoun

A small space or distance.

Stepnoun

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

Stepnoun

A gait; manner of walking.

Stepnoun

Proceeding; measure; action; act.

Stepnoun

(plural) A walk; passage.

Stepnoun

(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

Stepnoun

(nautical) 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.

Stepnoun

(machines) 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.

Stepnoun

(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

Stepnoun

(music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

Stepnoun

(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Stepnoun

(programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.

Stepnoun

(slang) A stepsibling.

Stepverb

(intransitive) 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.

Stepverb

(intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

Stepverb

(intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Stepverb

To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Stepverb

(transitive) To set, as the foot.

Stepverb

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Stepverb

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.

Stepverb

To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.

Stepverb

To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Stepverb

Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Stepverb

To set, as the foot.

Stepverb

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Stepnoun

An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.

Stepnoun

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.

Stepnoun

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.

Stepnoun

A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.

Stepnoun

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

Stepnoun

Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.

Stepnoun

Proceeding; measure; action; an act.

Stepnoun

Walk; passage.

Stepnoun

A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

Stepnoun

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.

Stepnoun

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.

Stepnoun

The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.

Stepnoun

A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Stepnoun

At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.

Stepnoun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;

Stepnoun

the distance covered by a step;

Stepnoun

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

Stepnoun

support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway;

Stepnoun

relative position in a graded series;

Stepnoun

a short distance;

Stepnoun

the sound of a step of someone walking;

Stepnoun

a musical interval of two semitones

Stepnoun

a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;

Stepnoun

a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

Stepnoun

a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance;

Stepverb

shift or move by taking a step;

Stepverb

put down or press the foot, place the foot;

Stepverb

cause (a computer) to execute a single command

Stepverb

treat badly;

Stepverb

furnish with steps;

Stepverb

move with one's feet in a specific manner;

Stepverb

walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner;

Stepverb

place (a ship's mast) in its step

Stepverb

measure (distances) by pacing;

Stepverb

move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation;

Stairsnoun

plural of stair

Stairsnoun

A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

Stairsnoun

a way of access consisting of a set of steps

Stairs

Stairs, a stairway, a staircase, a stairwell, or a flight of stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles.