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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOOT'STEP, n.
1. A track; the mark or impression of the foot.
2. Token; mark; visible sign of a course pursued; as the footsteps of divine wisdom.
1. Footsteps, plural, example; as, follow the footsteps of good men.
2. Way; course. Psalms 78.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step]
2: the act of taking a step in walking
3: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. the mark of the foot ; track 2. a. tread b. distance covered by a step ; pace 3. a step on which to ascend or descend 4. a way of life, conduct, or action <followed in his father's footsteps>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a step taken in walking. 2 the sound of this. Phrases and idioms: follow (or tread) in a person's footsteps do as another person did before.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Footstep Foot"step`, n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. --Bryant. 2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(footsteps) 1. A footstep is the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground. I heard footsteps outside. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. If you follow in someone's footsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier. My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Footprint, footmark, track, trace. 2. Footfall, step, tread, sound of one's step. 3. Token, mark, sign, trace, vestige.

Moby Thesaurus

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