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stepping down |
stepping motor |
stepping stone |
stepping-stone |
steprelationship |
steps
| stepsister
| stepson
| stepstone
| stepwise
| steradian
steps (root: step)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun steps has 2 senses
- steps(n = noun.artifact) stairs - a flight of stairs or a flight of steps; Array has particulars: ladder
- steps(n = noun.object) Array - the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home" is a kind of course, path, track
is a kind of staircase, stairway
THESAURUS
steps
back stairs, companion, companionway, escalier, fire escape, flight of steps, forearming, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethought, forethoughtfulness, incline, insurance, landing, landing stage, measures, perron, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, preventive measure, protection, providence, provision, ramp, safeguard, spiral staircase, staircase, stairs, stairway, stepping-stones, steps and measures, stile, treads and risersROGET THESAURUS
steps
Method
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
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