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stepped
(encz) | stepped,stupňový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stepped
(gcide) | Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stepped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stepping.] [AS. staeppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.
stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe
a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.
? to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. Stamp, n.
& a.]
1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by
raising and moving one of the feet to another resting
place, or by moving both feet in succession.
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2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;
as, to step to one of the neighbors.
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3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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Home the swain retreats,
His flock before him stepping to the fold.
--Thomson.
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4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
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They are stepping almost three thousand years back
into the remotest antiquity. --Pope.
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To step aside, to walk a little distance from the rest; to
retire from company.
To step forth, to move or come forth.
To step in or To step into.
(a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to
advance suddenly in.
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Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the
water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had. --John v. 4.
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(b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the
house.
(c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon
easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.
To step out.
(a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,
of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.
(b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.
To step short (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of
the step according to the established rules.
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Stepped
(gcide) | Stepped \Stepped\, a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or
parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
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Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face
in a series of steps.
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high-stepped
(encz) | high-stepped, adj: |
overstepped
(encz) | overstepped,překročený adj: Zdeněk Brožoverstepped,překročil v: Zdeněk Brož |
sidestepped
(encz) | sidestepped,vynul se Zdeněk Brož |
stepped line
(encz) | stepped line, n: |
stepped-up
(encz) | stepped-up, |
Overstepped
(gcide) | Overstep \O`ver*step"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstepped; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overstepping.] [AS. ofersteppan.]
To step over or beyond; to transgress; as, to overstep the
bounds of propriety. --Shak.
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Stepped
(gcide) | Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stepped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stepping.] [AS. staeppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.
stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe
a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.
? to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. Stamp, n.
& a.]
1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by
raising and moving one of the feet to another resting
place, or by moving both feet in succession.
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2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;
as, to step to one of the neighbors.
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3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
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Home the swain retreats,
His flock before him stepping to the fold.
--Thomson.
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4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
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They are stepping almost three thousand years back
into the remotest antiquity. --Pope.
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To step aside, to walk a little distance from the rest; to
retire from company.
To step forth, to move or come forth.
To step in or To step into.
(a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to
advance suddenly in.
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Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the
water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had. --John v. 4.
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(b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the
house.
(c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon
easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.
To step out.
(a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,
of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.
(b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.
To step short (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of
the step according to the established rules.
[1913 Webster]Stepped \Stepped\, a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or
parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
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Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face
in a series of steps.
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Stepped gear
(gcide) | Stepped \Stepped\, a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or
parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
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Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face
in a series of steps.
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high-stepped
(wn) | high-stepped
adj 1: having or moving with a high step; "his high-stepped
stride"; "a high-stepping horse" [syn: high-stepped,
high-stepping] |
stepped line
(wn) | stepped line
n 1: a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding
lines indented to the right [syn: dropline, drop line,
stepped line, stagger head, staggered head,
stephead] |
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