backstep
stairs
flyer
stepped
stairwork
stair
degressive
apples and pears
winder
stairwise
staired
up and down
flight of steps
flight of stairs
raiser
reciprocative
flight
reciprocatory
backpedal
stairstep
retropose
vice
retrodisplace
bridgeboard
caracole
degree
staircase
riser
step
dogleg
staircaselike
back up
back off
double
back down
microwalk
retroverse
tread
back
shake
sway
crowstep
half space
rock
going
stairlike
stepwork
riot stairs
skip
retrad
ana-
bob around
bob about
double time
rursiradiate
reverted
notchboard
nonreciprocating
screw stair
footstep
downcoming
well
arse about face
dance
stairwell
jazz square
draw back
sashay
arseling
proverse
spiral staircase
stairfoot
understair
linearly
moving staircase
side-to-side
backsie
laterigrade
longitudinal
stairway
reciprocating
landing
up
two-step
moving stairway
step over
escalator
waddle
mince
close
retrograde
stepped
degressive
stairwise
staired
reciprocative
reciprocatory
stairstep
staircaselike
retroverse
stairlike
retrad
rursiradiate
reverted
nonreciprocating
downcoming
proverse
understair
side-to-side
laterigrade
longitudinal
reciprocating
up
stairwise
up and down
double
arse about face
arseling
linearly
stairs
flyer
stairwork
stair
backstep
apples and pears
winder
flight of steps
flight of stairs
raiser
flight
stairstep
vice
bridgeboard
caracole
degree
staircase
riser
dogleg
tread
crowstep
half space
going
stepwork
riot stairs
skip
double time
notchboard
screw stair
footstep
well
stairwell
jazz square
spiral staircase
stairfoot
sashay
moving staircase
backsie
stairway
landing
two-step
moving stairway
escalator
step
close
retrograde
backstep
backpedal
retropose
retrodisplace
step
back up
back off
back down
microwalk
back
shake
sway
rock
bob around
bob about
dance
draw back
sashay
step over
waddle
mince
verb
- To be arranged in steps going backwards.
- To take a step backwards
- To return to a previous place or time.
- To retract or take back.
- To recede in an abrupt fashion due to marine transgression.
- To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details.
noun
- A step backwards
- An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression.
- A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand.
- The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
- Flow over a backward-facing step.
noun
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A leap or jump.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- A fast-moving person or thing.
- A false start
- An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
verb
noun
noun
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- A winding plant.
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- A spool around which something is wound
verb
noun
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- an instance of traveling by air
- the act of escaping physically
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- the path followed by an object moving through space
- a flock of flying birds
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
verb
noun
- A winding or spiral staircase.
- One who acts in place of a superior.
- A bad habit.
- A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
- Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
adj
noun
- A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
- The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
- A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
- A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
- The dimensionality of a field extension.
- Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
- The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
- A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
- The number of logical connectives in a formula.
- A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
- A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
- The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
- A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
- An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
noun
- The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
- a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
- A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
- A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
- A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
- A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
- A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
- Someone or something which rises.
- The main body of a bow.
verb
- furnish with steps
- shift or move by taking a step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- treat badly
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- measure (distances) by pacing
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- the distance covered by a step
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- relative position in a graded series
- a short distance
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
noun
- A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
- A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
- A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
verb
adv
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
verb
- increase twofold
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adj
noun
- The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
- A step taken with the foot.
- The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
- The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
- The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
- A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.
- The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
- The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
- A manner of stepping.
- The sound made when someone or something is walking.
verb
- To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).
- To beat or press with the feet.
- To work a lever, treadle, etc., with the foot or the feet.
- To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- To step or walk upon.
- To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- To copulate with.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
verb
- travel backward
- be behind; approve of
- give support or one's approval to
- cause to travel backward
- support financial backing for
- be in back of
- place a bet on
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- establish as valid or genuine
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in or to or toward an original condition
- in or to or toward a past time
- in reply
- in repayment or retaliation
adj
adj
noun
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- undermine or cause to waver
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- get rid of
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
noun
- building material used as siding or roofing
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
verb
noun
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- pitching dangerously to one side
noun
- The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
- Conditions for advancing in any way.
- The whereabouts (of something).
- The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- Progress.
- A departure.
adj
verb
adj
noun
- A dance step pattern with six steps.
- A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.
- A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16.
- A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate.
noun
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- favorably; with approval
- to a great extent or degree
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- with prudence or propriety
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- in financial comfort
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
adj
verb
adj
adv
adj
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
noun
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
verb
verb
- To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- To effect mincingly.
- To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
- To make less; to make small.
- To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
noun
noun
- The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- An end or conclusion.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- A double bar marking the end.
- A street that ends in a dead end.
adj
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Marked, evident.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- At a little distance; near.
- Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Narrow; confined.
- Short.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
verb
- To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
- To make a sale.
- To move so that an opening is closed.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- To come to an end.
- To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
- To obstruct (an opening).
- To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- To turn off; to switch off.
noun
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
- The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
verb
- To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
adv
adj
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- Having a passage of music played backwards.
- Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
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