| CROWSTEP | • crowstep n. (Architecture) A stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building. • CROWSTEP n. a steplike figure on a gable. |
| DOGSLEEP | • dogsleep n. Feigned sleep. • dogsleep n. (Nautical) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress. • dog␣sleep n. A shallow sleep; a pretended sleep. |
| DOORSTEP | • doorstep n. An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home. • doorstep n. (Figuratively) One’s immediate neighbourhood or locality. • doorstep n. (UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread. |
| FOOTSTEP | • footstep n. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track. • footstep n. (By extension) The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken. • footstep n. The sound made by walking, running etc. |
| LOCKSTEP | • lockstep n. (Military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front. • lockstep n. (Figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization. • lockstep n. An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern. |
| OUTSLEEP | • outsleep v. (Transitive) To sleep longer than or beyond. • OUTSLEEP v. to sleep later than. |
| OUTSWEEP | • outsweep v. To sweep outward. • outsweep n. (Swimming) The motion of a swimmer’s arm outward, away from the body. • OUTSWEEP v. to surpass in sweeping. |
| OVERKEEP | • overkeep v. (Transitive) To keep or observe too strictly. • overkeep v. (Transitive) To keep too long. • OVERKEEP v. to keep too long or too much. |
| OVERSTEP | • overstep v. (Transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. • overstep v. To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward. • overstep v. To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front… |
| PEESWEEP | • peesweep n. Alternative form of peasweep. • PEESWEEP n. (Scots) the peewit. |
| PRESLEEP | • presleep adj. Before a period of sleep. • PRESLEEP adj. before sleep. |
| SANDPEEP | • sandpeep n. A small sandpiper. • SANDPEEP n. (US) any small sandpiper. |
| SIDESTEP | • sidestep n. A step to the side. • sidestep n. A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something. • sidestep v. (Intransitive) To step to the side. |