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• stairs —    There are four basic beliefs about stairs crossing on, stumbling up, stumbling down, and turning round on. The idea that it is unlucky to pass someone on the stairs is still current, being the ninth most often reported belief in our… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• stairs — noun a flight of stairs or a flight of steps (Freq. 15) • Syn: ↑steps • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑stairway, ↑staircase …   Useful english dictionary

• stairs — n. 1) to climb, go up the stairs 2) to come down; go down the stairs 3) moving stairs …   Combinatory dictionary

• stairs — n. pl. Staircase, stairway, flight of steps, flight of stairs, pair of stairs, set of steps …   New dictionary of synonyms

• stairs — back·stairs; above·stairs; …   English syllables

• Stairs — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is found particularly in the southern English counties of Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. The surname is topographical, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word… …   Surnames reference

• stairs — n. flight of stairs; set of steps ster /steÉ™ n. step …   English contemporary dictionary

• stairs — noun a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors Syn: stairway …   Wiktionary

• STAIRS — Successful Technology And Information Resource Strategies (Computing » General) …   Abbreviations dictionary

• stairs — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stairway, staircase, flight, companionway, steps, stair, escalator, moving stair, spiral staircase, open stairway, closed stairway, ascent. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. steps, stairway, staircase, flight, perron, spiral …   English dictionary for students

• stairs — a set of such steps leading from one floor of a building to another. → stair …   English new terms dictionary