Increment (n.) The act or process of increasing |
Increment (n.) Matter added |
Increment (n.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value |
Increment (n.) An amplification without strict climax, |
Life-size (a.) Of full size |
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. |
Size (n.) Six. |
Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc. |
Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish. |
Size (v. t.) To cover with size |
Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. |
Size (n.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons |
Size (n.) Extent of superficies or volume |
Size (n.) Figurative bulk |
Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. |
Size (n.) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls. |
Size (v. t.) To fix the standard of. |
Size (v. t.) To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. |
Size (v. t.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. |
Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. |
Size (v. t.) To swell |
Size (v. t.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. |
Size (v. i.) To take greater size |
Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery |
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 |
Width (n.) The quality of being wide |
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 |
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 |
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 |
pantie panty scanty step-in | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) |
size stick | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
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 |
size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing), he wears a size shoe |
size | the physical magnitude of something (how big it is), a wolf is about the size of a large dog |
size | a large magnitude, he blanched when he saw the size of the bill, the only city of any size in that area |
increase increment | the amount by which something increases, they proposed an increase of percent in the fare |
width breadth | the extent of something from side to side |
size constancy | the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) |
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 |
typewriter font constant-width font fixed-width font monospaced font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
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 |
unearned increment | an unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factors |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
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 |
size size of it | the actual state of affairs, that's the size of the situation, she hates me, that's about the size of it |
gradation step | relative position in a graded series, always a step behind, subtle gradations in color, keep in step with the fashions |
size sizing | any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics, size gives body to a fabric |
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 |
size | make to a size, bring to a suitable size |
rev up step up | speed up, let's rev up production |
pace step | measure (distances) by pacing, step off ten yards |
size | sort according to size |
keep step keep pace | maintain the same pace, The child cannot keep step with his big brother |
step | place (a ship's mast) in its step |
size | cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) |
two-step | dance the two-step |