STAIRSTEP


Meaning of STAIRSTEP in English

/stair"step'/ , n. , v. , stairstepped, stairstepping , adj.

n.

1. a step in a staircase.

2. stairsteps , stairs; a staircase.

3. a person or thing whose position, status, behavior, or the like suggests the shape or rise of the steps in a staircase: Their six children are stairsteps ranging from ages two to twelve.

v.i.

4. to occur or move in a regular pattern suggesting the steps of a staircase: housing units stairstepping down the hill to the edge of the lake.

adj.

5. suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.

Also, stair-step .

[ 1825-35; STAIR + STEP ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .