footstep
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfʊtstɛp/
footstep (plural footsteps)
- The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.
- By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
- To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.
- The sound made by walking, running etc.
- The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.
- A step, as in a stair.
- The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.
- The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
- Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.
- The act of taking a step.
- Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!
- (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
- (mark left by a foot): footprint, step, track
- (signs of a course taken): point, path, step, trail
- (sound of a footstep): footfall, plod, step, tread
- (step, as in a stair): riser, step
- (distance of one footstep): pace, step, stride
- (act of taking a step): pace, plod, step, stride, tread
- French: empreinte, trace de pas
- German: Fußabdruck
- Italian: impronta, pedata
- Portuguese: pegada, pegada, passo
- Russian: след
- Spanish: huella, paso
- French: marche
- Italian: gradino
- Portuguese: degrau
- Russian: ступе́нька
- Spanish: paso (obsolete), peldaño
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