Step vs. Stoop
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;
Stoopnoun
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
Stoopnoun
The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
Stoopnoun
A stooping, bent position of the body
Stoopnoun
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
Stoopnoun
(dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Stoopnoun
A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.
Stoopverb
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
Stoopverb
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Stoopverb
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
Stoopverb
(transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
Stoopverb
(transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
Stoopverb
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Stoopverb
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
Stoopverb
To degrade.
Stoopnoun
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
Stoopnoun
A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
Stoopnoun
A post fixed in the earth.
Stoopnoun
The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
Stoopnoun
Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
Stoopnoun
The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
Stoopverb
To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Stoopverb
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Stoopverb
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
Stoopverb
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
Stoopverb
To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Stoopverb
To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
Stoopverb
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
Stoopverb
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
Stoopverb
To degrade.
Stoopnoun
an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
Stoopnoun
basin for holy water
Stoopnoun
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Stoopverb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down;
Stoopverb
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;
Stoopverb
descend swiftly, as if on prey;
Stoopverb
sag, bend, bend over or down;
Stoopverb
carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward;
