Bishop-stool
(n.) A bishop's seat or see. |
Close-stool
(n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover. |
Cucking stool
() A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked |
Folding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fold |
Folding
(n.) The act of making a fold or folds |
Folding
(n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. |
Lock step
() A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him. |
Step
(a.) To move the foot in walking |
Step
(a.) To walk |
Step
(a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. |
Step
(a.) Fig.: To move mentally |
Step
(v. t.) To set, as the foot. |
Step
(v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step |
Step
(v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot |
Step
(v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder. |
Step
(v. i.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running |
Step
(v. i.) A small space or distance |
Step
(v. i.) A print of the foot |
Step
(v. i.) Gait |
Step
(v. i.) Proceeding |
Step
(v. i.) Walk |
Step
(v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position. |
Step
(v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft |
Step
(v. i.) 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. |
Step
(v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves. |
Step
(v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale. |
Step
(v. i.) A change of position effected by a motion of translation. |
Step-
() A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent |
Stool
(n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. |
Stool
(v. i.) To ramfy |
Stool
(n.) A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses. |
Stool
(n.) A seat used in evacuating the bowels |
Stool
(n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. |
Stool
(n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. |
Stool
(n.) A bishop's seat or see |
Stool
(n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees |
Stool
(n.) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. |
| measure step | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal, the situation called for strong measures, the police took steps to reduce crime |
first step
initiative
opening move
opening | the first of a series of actions |
| step | the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down, he walked with unsteady steps |
| goose step | a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high |
decrease
diminution
reduction
step-down | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
increase
step-up | the act of increasing something, he gave me an increase in salary |
fold
folding | the act of folding, he gave the napkins a double fold |
step dancing
hoofing | dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures |
dance step
step | a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance, he taught them the waltz step |
| one-step | an early ballroom dance, precursor to the fox-trot |
| two-step | a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps |
corbel step
corbie-step
corbiestep
crow step | (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall |
cucking stool
ducking stool | an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water |
| cutty stool | a low stool, formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked |
| folding chair | a chair that can be folded flat for storage |
folding door
accordion door | an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges) |
| folding saw | a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds) |
| milking stool | low three-legged stool with a half round seat, used to sit on while milking a cow |
multistage rocket
step rocket | a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted |
music stool
piano stool | a stool for piano players, usually adjustable in height |
pantie
panty
scanty
step-in | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) |
step
stair | support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway, he paused on the bottom step |
| step | a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed |
| step-down transformer | a transformer that reduces voltage |
step ladder
stepladder | a folding portable ladder hinged at the top |
| step stool | a stool that has one or two steps that fold under the seat |
| step-up transformer | a transformer that increases voltage |
| stool | a simple seat without a back or arms |
| stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
toilet can commode
crapper
pot potty stool throne | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination |
fecal occult test
faecal occult test
stool test | a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood, used to detect colorectal cancers |
footprint
footmark
step | a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface, the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window |
tone
whole tone
step
whole step | a musical interval of two semitones |
semitone
half step | the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument |
footfall
footstep
step | the sound of a step of someone walking, he heard footsteps on the porch |
triple jump
hop-step-and-jump | an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |
fink
snitch
snitcher
stoolpigeon
stool pigeon
stoolie
sneak
sneaker
canary | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
| stool | (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings |
paper money
folding money
paper currency | currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie |
fold
folding | a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock |
protein folding
folding | the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape, understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code |
footstep
pace step
stride | the distance covered by a step, he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig |
| step stone's throw | a short distance, it's only a step to the drugstore |
gradation
step | relative position in a graded series, always a step behind, subtle gradations in color, keep in step with the fashions |
fecal matter
faecal matter
feces
faeces
BM
stool
ordure
dejection a | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels |
stool
defecate
shit
take a shit
take a crap
ca-ca
crap
make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
| stool tiller | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers |
| step | 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 |
escalate
intensify step up | increase in extent or intensity, The Allies escalated the bombing |
de-escalate
weaken step down | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of, de-escalate a crisis |