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n. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

n. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"

n. the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

gradation, step

n. relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"

measure, step

n. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

dance step, step

n. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step"

step, stone's throw

n. a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore"

tone, whole tone, step, whole step

n. a musical interval of two semitones

footfall, footstep, step

n. the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"

step, footprint, footmark

n. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

step

v. move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"

step

v. shift or move by taking a step; "step back"

pace, step

v. measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"

mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat

v. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

on

adv. in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

on

adj. (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"

ready, connected, on

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

rung, round, stave

n. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

rundle, spoke, rung

n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

stage

n. a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"

stage

n. any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"

track

n. a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

footfall, footstep, step

n. the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"

stage, leg

n. a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

social station, social status, social rank, rank

n. position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

stage, leg

n. a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

phase

n. (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"

step

n. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"

gait

n. a horse's manner of moving

stride

n. significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"

file

v. proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"

harm

v. cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"

crush, smash, demolish

v. humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer

v. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

vex

v. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"

persecute, oppress

v. cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

molest

v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

torture, excruciate, torment

v. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

victimize, victimise

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

heckle

v. challenge aggressively

hassle, plague, harry, provoke, harass, beset, chivy, chivvy, chevy, molest

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

hunt

v. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

mismanage, mishandle, misconduct

v. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard

adv. at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

forth, forward, onward

adv. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

ahead, along, in a forward direction, in front, at the front

adv. "He is way ahead"

outward, outwards

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

machine-accessible, connected

adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer

backward, backwards

adv. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"

off

adj. not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"

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