Noun

1. A flight of stairs or a flight of steps
2. The course along which a person has walked or is walking in
3. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
4. The distance covered by a step
5. The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
6. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
7. Relative position in a graded series
8. A short distance
9. The sound of a step of someone walking
10. A musical interval of two semitones
11. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
12. A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
13. A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

Verb

1. Shift or move by taking a step
2. Put down or press the foot, place the foot
3. Cause (a computer) to execute a single command
4. Treat badly
5. Furnish with steps
6. Move with one's feet in a specific manner
7. Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
8. Place (a ship's mast) in its step
9. Measure (distances) by pacing
10. Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation