Main Entry:

²step

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

stepped; step·ping

Date:

before 12th century

intransitive verb1 a: to move by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere or by moving each foot in succession b: dance2 a: to go on foot : walk bobsolete : 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 verb1: 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 foot3: 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