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Antonyms for steps

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : step
Phonetic Transcription : stɛp


Definition of steps

Origin :
  • Old English steppan (Anglian), stæppan (West Saxon) "take a step," from West Germanic *stap- "tread" (cf. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch stap, Old High German stapfo, German stapfe "footstep"), from PIE root *stebh- "to tread, step" (cf. Old Church Slavonic stopa "step, pace," stepeni "step, degree"). Originally strong (past tense stop, past participle bestapen); weak forms emerged 13c., universal from 16c. Stepping stone first recorded early 14c.; in the figurative sense 1650s. Step on it "hurry up" is 1923, from notion of gas pedal; step out (v.) is from 1907.
  • noun pace of feet in walking
  • noun action, move
  • noun one level of stairs
  • verb move foot to walk
Example sentences :
  • This business attended to, Robert bent his steps to Mr. Paine's office.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The two bent their steps to the shore, and looked out to sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He quickened his steps, and was soon at the side of our hero.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The lady did as she was told, and they retraced their steps.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Surely those are not the steps that lead down toward the bath?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She then descended, and pausing at the great landing, heard other steps descending also.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • He himself, she learned, had taken no steps to free himself from his present mode of life.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The steps suggested to meet this impending calamity were strange enough.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Behind him, like an electric force pushing him on, the outlaws watched his steps.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Behind him with steps as noiseless as his own came the three men to whom he had just given the message.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for steps

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