Definitions
How to pronounce stepped:
Stepped - as a noun
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
Example: "The situation called for strong measures"
The distance covered by a step
Example: "He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
Example: "He walked with unsteady steps"
Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
Example: "He paused on the bottom step"
Relative position in a graded series
Example: "Always a step behind"
A short distance
Example: "It's only a step to the drugstore"
The sound of a step of someone walking
Example: "He heard footsteps on the porch"
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Example: "The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
Example: "He taught them the waltz step"
Stepped - as a verb
Shift or move by taking a step
Example: "Step back"
Put down or press the foot, place the foot
Example: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
Cause (a computer) to execute a single command
Treat badly
Example: "This boss abuses his workers"
Furnish with steps
Example: "The architect wants to step the terrace"
Move with one's feet in a specific manner
Example: "Step lively"
Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
Example: "Step over to the blackboard"
Place (a ship's mast) in its step
Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
Example: "She stepped into a life of luxury"
Stepped - as an adjective
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
Example: "A stepped gear"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
STEPPED has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
STEPPED has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
STEPPED has a WORDFEUD points total of 14.
