step

steg, fotspår, fotsteg, framsteg, gång, gångstil

1. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.

2. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

3. A small space or distance.

4. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

5. Proceeding; measure; action; act.

6. (machines) 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.