stepwise
drib
stepwisely
interstep
step-by-step
chassé
midstep
stepmeal
multistep
steply
ortholinear
cut
understep
linear
superstep
one jump ahead
degree
eat an elephant one bite at a time
multistepped
gradatory
talk through
between-step
transfinitely
penetrate
stamping
stride
footmeal
multistage
step by step
avenue
close the loop
micro-optimization
bestep
bear down
facet
dance
methodically
porrectly
footstep
stepping
remove
unthread
snod up
stepparental
butt
midstage
leadoff
leftwise
on course
get down
start
set out
get
Schensted insertion
recipelike
metastrategy
start out
weave
measure twice and cut once
remanufacture
commence
pace
subcycling
set about
begin
tread
pair of stepladders
gradational
stairway
preportioned
pass
staircase
backtrack
amphicoronate
funnel
work
warp
hemitonic
pound
stepparenting
hoe
lead up to
spruce
sprucen
streamlining
walk-through
headedly
by degrees
mix it up
rotate
step
interstep
step-by-step
multistep
ortholinear
linear
multistepped
gradatory
multistage
stepparental
midstage
leadoff
stepwise
recipelike
gradational
preportioned
steply
amphicoronate
hemitonic
understep
stepwise
stepwisely
midstep
stepmeal
steply
one jump ahead
transfinitely
footmeal
step by step
methodically
porrectly
leftwise
headedly
step-by-step
cut
understep
superstep
degree
between-step
stamping
avenue
micro-optimization
facet
footstep
stepping
remove
stride
Schensted insertion
metastrategy
remanufacture
pace
subcycling
tread
pair of stepladders
stairway
staircase
midstage
stepparenting
streamlining
walk-through
step
drib
chassé
eat an elephant one bite at a time
talk through
penetrate
stride
close the loop
bestep
bear down
dance
unthread
snod up
butt
get down
start
set out
get
start out
weave
commence
set about
begin
pass
backtrack
funnel
work
warp
understep
tread
pound
hoe
lead up to
spruce
sprucen
mix it up
rotate
verb
- To entice step by step.
- To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
- To beat; thrash; drub.
- To scold.
- To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
- To shoot at a mark at short range.
- To cut off; chop off.
- To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
- To shoot directly at short range.
- To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
adj
adv
adj
- Moving in one direction, in which each step leads to the next.
- Having all turns occurring at right angles.
- Having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
- Defining progress as one-dimensional, so that change is either a progression, a regression, or a neutral step to the side.
- Forming a line when plotted on a set of orthogonal axes.
noun
- a step on some scale
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
verb
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
noun
- The underside of a step.
- A step that acts as a base to hold something.
- A gait in which the hind feet touch the ground behind the point where the front feet touch the ground.
- A movement in which one understeps.
verb
- To take a step that is not far enough forward.
- To have a gait in which the hind foot touches the ground behind the point where the front foot touches the ground.
- Not to go as far as a boundary or limit.
adj
adj
- Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
- A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
- Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
- Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form y=ax+b.
- Of or relating to lines.
- Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
noun
- An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
- 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 step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
- A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
verb
- To pass over at a step; to step over.
- To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
- To walk with long steps.
- To straddle; to bestride.
noun
- The distance covered by a long step.
- A long step in walking.
- A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
- The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
verb
- To approach in a determined manner.
- To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- To intensify one's efforts.
- To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
noun
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
- One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- A smooth circumscribed surface.
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
- A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
- Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
- One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
verb
verb
- To perform the steps to.
- To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
- To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
- To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
- To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
- To make love or have sex.
noun
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- The death throes of a hanged person.
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
noun
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- Distance in time or space; interval.
- (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- Emotional distance or indifference.
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- The act of removing something.
- A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
verb
verb
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To strike bluntly with the head.
noun
- The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- A thrust in fencing.
- Body; self.
- A used cigarette.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- lower (one's body) as by kneeling
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- alight from (a horse)
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- go or come after and bring or take back
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- take vengeance on or get even
- achieve a point or goal
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- give certain properties to something
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- attract and fix
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- reach by calculation
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- purchase
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- reach and board
- irritate
- evoke an emotional response
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- overcome or destroy
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- make (offspring) by reproduction
noun
verb
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
noun
noun
- a step in walking or running
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- the distance covered by a step
- the relative speed of progress or change
- the rate of some repeating event
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
verb
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin to speak or say
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
noun
verb
- To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- To spend.
- To go from one person to another.
- To put through a sieve.
- To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- To reject; to pass up.
- To happen.
- In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- To die.
- To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- To decline something that is offered or available.
- To move or be moved from one place to another.
- To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- To continue.
- To elapse, to be spent.
- To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- To make a lunge or swipe.
- To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- To achieve a successful outcome from.
noun
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- An intentional walk.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- A sexual advance.
- An attempt.
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
verb
noun
- a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
- a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
- (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
verb
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- be employed
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- move in an agitated manner
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
noun
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- the occupation for which you are paid
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- a place where work is done
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- To move or be moved by this method.
- To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
- To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
- To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
- To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
- To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
- To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
- To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
noun
- The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
- A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
- A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
- The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
- The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
- The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
- A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
- A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
verb
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- To eat or drink very quickly.
- To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- To beat strongly or throb.
- To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
noun
- The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- The translated name of various non-English units of measure
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- The translated name of various non-English units of currency
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- The people who work for the pound.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
noun
- a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
- the act of walking in order to view something
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verb
- To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
- To spin, turn, or revolve.
- To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
adj
noun
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- 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.
- 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.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- 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.
- A small space or distance.
- A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- A walk; passage.
- A stepchild.
- A stepsibling.
- A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
verb
- To dance.
- To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- 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.
- To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To set, as the foot.
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a glacial lake in central New York
To scold
that person
no way.
in reality
bugle
uneventful
smack
bow
moderately
boggy
rally
volume
fine