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footstep definition
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This page has 7 definitions of footstep in English. Footstep is a noun. Examples of how to use footstep in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English
Etymology
From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
footstep (plural footsteps)
- The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- (by extension) The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
- The sound made by walking, running etc.
- A step, as in a stair.
- The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
- The act of taking a step.
- Synonyms: pace, plod, step, stride, tread
- Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!
- 1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] [1], 4th edition, page 252:
- God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
- (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
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