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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   footstep
       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]