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| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
| Synonyms: | advance, ascend, dance, descend, go down, hoof, mince, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk, ambulate, go backward, go forward, go up, move backward, move forward |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pace of feet in walking |
| Synonyms: | footprint, footstep, gait, impression, mark, print, spoor, stride, trace, track, trail, tread, vestige, walk, footfall, stepping |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | action, move |
| Synonyms: | act, advance, advancement, deed, degree, expedient, gradation, grade, level, maneuver, means, measure, motion, notch, phase, point, procedure, proceeding, process, progression, rank, remove, rung, stage, start |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one level of stairs |
| Synonyms: | gradation, notch, rest, round, run, rung, tread, doorstep, stair |
| Main Entry: | aerobics/aerobic |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while toning muscles |
| Synonyms: | drill, exercise, step, workout, aquarobics, dance workout, high impact, low impact, slimnastics, warm-up |
| Main Entry: | gait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way an animal or person moves, walks |
| Synonyms: | amble, bearing, canter, carriage, clip, gallop, get along, lick, march, motion, movement, pace, run, speed, step, stride, tread, trot, walk |
| Notes: | a gait is a person's manner of walking or a horse's manner of moving; a gate is a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall, or the total admission receipts at a sports or entertainment event |
| Main Entry: | hop |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | jump on one leg |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bound, caper, dance, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, skip, spring, step, trip, vault, skitter |
| Main Entry: | ledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shelf |
| Synonyms: | bar, bench, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, ridge, rim, route, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way, berm, sill |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
| Synonyms: | advance, boot, drill, file, go on, journey, mount, move, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement*, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread, debouch, forge ahead, hoof it, move out, step out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress, deed |
| Synonyms: | act, action, alteration, change, maneuver, measure, modification, motion, movement, ploy, procedure, proceeding, shift, step, stir, stirring, stratagem, stroke, turn, variation |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inaction, stagnation, inactivity, regression |
| Main Entry: | phase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period in life of something |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, chapter, condition, development, facet, juncture, point, position, posture, stage, state, step, time |
| Main Entry: | prance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort; show off |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, dance, flounce, frisk, gambol, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread, foot it, hoof it |
| Main Entry: | procedure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process, system for accomplishing something |
| Synonyms: | action, agenda, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan*, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts*, operation, performance, plan, policy, practice, proceeding, program, red tape*, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, transaction, agendum, channels, polity, the book, the numbers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proceeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, course of action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, adventure, casualty, circumstance, come off, deed, exercise, experiment, happening, incident, maneuver, measure, move, movement, occurrence, operation, performance, procedure, process, step, transaction, venture, go-down, goings-on |
| Main Entry: | process |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method; series of actions to achieve result |
| Synonyms: | action, advance, case, course, development, evolution, fashion, formation, growth, manner, means, measure, mechanism, mode, modus operandi, movement, operation, outgrowth, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, progress, progression, red tape*, routine, rule, stage, step, suit, system, technique, transaction, trial, way, wise, working, channels, course of action, unfolding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resource |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial |
| Synonyms: | ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | product |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
| Synonyms: | amble, gad, hike, knock about*, lumber, march, meander, pace, parade, plod, prance, promenade, roam, rove, shuffle, step, stride, stroll, strut, tour, traverse, trek, troop, trudge, wander, ambulate, go on foot, take a walk, travel on foot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business dealing; undertaking |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, affair, agreement, bargain, bond, business, buying, compact, contract, convention, coup, covenant, deal, deed, disposal, doings*, enterprise, event, execution, happening, intercourse, matter, negotiation, occurrence, pact, performance, play, proceeding, purchase, purchasing, sale, selling, step, goings-on |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | walk |
| Synonyms: | footstep, gait, march, pace, step, stride, trace, track, tramp, footsteps |
| Main Entry: | tread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk; bear down |
| Synonyms: | crush, foot, hike, hoof, march, oppress, pace, plod, quell, repress, squash, stamp, step, stride, subdue, subjugate, suppress, traipse, tramp, trample, troop, trudge, ambulate, stamp on, step on |
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