Is high a meaning of step?

Answer 1

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 walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors., To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely., Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination., To set, as the foot., To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect., An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace., A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder., The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps., A small space or distance; as, it is but a step., A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track., Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step., Proceeding; measure; action; an act., Walk; passage., A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position., In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast., 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 bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves., The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale., A change of position effected by a motion of translation.