n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: stepped ; step · ping
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1 a : to move by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere or by moving each foot in succession b : DANCE
2 a : to go on foot : WALK b obsolete : ADVANCE , PROCEED c : to be on one's way : LEAVE ― often used with along d : to move briskly <kept us stepping >
3 : to press down with the foot < step on the brake>
4 : to come as if at a single step < stepped into a good job>
transitive verb
1 : to take by moving the feet in succession < step three paces>
2 a : to move (the foot) in any direction : SET <the first man to step foot on the moon> b : to traverse on foot
3 : to go through the steps of : PERFORM < step a minuet>
4 : to make erect by fixing the lower end in a step < step the mast>
5 : to measure by steps < step off 50 yards>
6 a : to provide with steps b : to make steps in < step a key>
7 : to construct or arrange in or as if in steps <craggy peaks with terraces stepped up the sides ― Time >
– step on it : to increase one's speed : hurry up