Emily Dickinson Lexicon

step (-s), n. [see step, v.]

1. Stair; threshold; stairway; door stoop; entrance platform.
2. Short distance.
3. Footfall; noise of walking.
4. Act of locomotion; increment of walking.
5. Section; part of the journey; unit of distance; [fig.] moment; unit of time.
6. Path; route; [fig.] example; way of daily life.
7. Stride; [fig.] movement; motion; course; flowing; stream of air.
8. Progress; march; trudging; plodding; effort to climb upward.
9. Footprint; [fig.] sign of a presence; mark that someone is near.