step
An advance or movement made from one foot to the otherAn advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
» Don't step on the broken glass.
Nicht auf die Glasscherben treten!
Не наступайте на разбитое стекло.
Не наступайте на розбите скло.
Не наступай на розбите скло.
Meaning
23 sensesAn advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
Schritt
шагšag
крокkrok
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.
Stufe, Sprosse
ступе́нькаstupénʹka, ступе́ньstupénʹ
щабе́льščabélʹ, схо́динкаsxódynka, схі́децьsxídecʹ
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
He improved step by step, or by steps.
The first step is to find a job.
A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.
подно́жкаpodnóžka
The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.
шагšag
крокkrok
A small space or distance.
It is but a step.
шагšag
крокkrok
a short distance
A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
Schritt
следsled
A gait; manner of walking.
The approach of a man is often known by his step.
Schritt
похо́дкаpoxódka, по́ступьpóstupʹ
хода́xodá
the sound of a step of someone walking
Proceeding; measure; action; act.
Schritt
шагšag
крокkrok
(in the plural)A walk; passage.
Examples
1886 sentencesDon't step on the broken glass.
Не наступайте на розбите скло.
ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло.
deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten!
Will you step this way, please?
Прошу сюди.
deHier entlang, bitte.
Tom was sitting on the steps.
Том сидів на сходах.
ruТом сидел на ступеньках.
If you move a step, and you will be a dead man.
Якщо зробиш ще крок, ти покійник.
He finally had to step down.
Нарешті він був змушений піти у відставку.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 6
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), sFrom Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to support, stomp, curse, be amazed”).
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Forms
plural: stepsSynonyms
14 synonyms- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway:stair
- a short distance:stone's throw
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal:measure
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance:dance step
- relative position in a graded series:gradation
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface:footprintfootmark
Word family
102 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- the first step
- stepped aside
- took a step
- step back
- stepped on my
- watch your step
- first step
- up the steps
- step forward
- step out of
- stepped on the
- to step down