An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to be one.

(attributive) Intermediate; intermediary; in-process; interim.

An intermediate or intermediary step, stage, process, or phase.

(separable) To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.

(transitive) To raise the knees so as to approach or step over. / (intransitive) To raise the knees higher than normal.

A place such as a particular step on a staircase or a stool, where a child is sent to sit in silence as a punishment.

(dance) To dance using a kick-step. / To hike using a kick-step.

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.

plural of step-parent

plural of step-mother