step
step is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What does step mean?
Treat badly.
“She is always stepping on others to get ahead”
Put down or press the foot, place the foot.
“step on the brake”
Cause (a computer) to execute a single command.
Furnish with steps.
“The architect wants to step the terrace”
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”
Move with one's feet in a specific manner.
“step lively”
Place (a ship's mast) in its step.
Shift or move by taking a step.
“step back”
Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner.
“step over to the blackboard”
Measure (distances) by pacing.
“step off ten yards”
Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
“he paused on the bottom step”
The distance covered by a step.
“he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig”
A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
“the police took steps to reduce crime”
The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.
“he walked with unsteady steps”
A short distance.
“it's only a step to the drugstore”
A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance.
“he taught them the waltz step”
Relative position in a graded series.
“always a step behind”
“keep in step with the fashions”
A musical interval of two semitones.
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.
The sound of a step of someone walking.
“he heard footsteps on the porch”