STEPPED

Definition: STEPPED

STEPPED

Adjective

1. Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Step

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "STEPPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Nuclear Energy & Physics

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Crosswords: STEPPED

Have I stepped over some line in the sands of coolness with you, because excuse me if somebody doesn't know the secret handshake with you. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

And a few that weren't mine, I stepped in the wrong room, liked what I heardstayed (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner)

Maybe Rodney just stepped out for a smoke (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I'm your older brother, Mike, and I was stepped over (The Godfather: Part II; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola)

Oh, you just stepped on the cats tail dude (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada)

Soon as I stepped on the scene (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

Money from the safe in the back, stepped in wavin the Mac (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

Stepped out of the line (Minority; performing artist: Green Day)

Blew out my flipflop, stepped on a poptop ("Margaritaville"; performing artist: Jimmy Buffett)

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring ("The Battle of New Orleans"; performing artist: Johnny Horton)

Forgiveness is like the fragrance a flower gives after it's been stepped on. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Grandma Stepped on Fred (Carlyle, Linda Porter. Child's Steps to Jesus, 3.) (reference)

• Hydraulic Design of Stepped Cascades, Channels, Weirs and Spillways (reference)

• Hydraulics of Stepped Chutes and Spillways (reference)

• Look what I stepped in (reference)

• Our World Stopped Turning and I Stepped Off (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Look What I Almost Stepped In (reference)

• You Stepped Into My Life [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• You Stepped out of a Dream (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bench Dog A-PCGB Acrylic Plates with Stepped Hole for Porter-Cable Guide Bushing (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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A small acanthaster - this type of starfish eats coral polyps. This starfish is known as the Crown of Thorns Starfish for its long spines Reportedly toxic if stepped on. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

The Virginian eased the pressure of his finger. A British officer stepped forward and spoke sharply in instruction. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Into their place stepped free competition, accompanied by a social and political constitution adapted to it, and by the economical and political sway of the bourgeois class. (reference)

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But it was no common lamplight into which I now stepped, with a strange, new, dreamy sensation of some subtle witchery that had come over the place

Governor Bellingham stepped through the window into the hall, followed by his three guests

The bishop stepped forward

And he stepped to a pig, cut a line down one side of the backbone and began peeling the meat forward, off the ribs

I then stepped over the buildings very conveniently from one stool to the other, and drew up the first after me with a hooked stick

The squirrels also grew at last to be quite familiar, and occasionally stepped upon my shoe, when that was the nearest way.

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Business

The Korean government has stepped up efforts to attract foreign capital. (references)

German manufacturers stepped up their efforts in 1999 to increase sales to Asian markets. (references)

The strongest sales prospects are those related to the food processing industry and, if enforcement is stepped up or new regulations are effectively implemented, environmental controls. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

In the wake of a series of large protests on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the Government stepped up the use of the reeducation-through-labor system to sentence practitioners administratively to up to 3 years in detention. (references)

Belarus

The authorities stepped up their campaign of harassment against independent media, including open censorship, requiring some independent publications to remove stories, which forced them to publish blank pages or spaces. (references)

Economic History

Samoa

Economic reforms were stepped up, including the liberalization of exchange controls. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

In the latter half of the year, the Government stepped up its pro-ISA rhetoric. (references)

Colombia

On May 26, Carlos Castano formally stepped down as the military head of both the AUC and the ACCU and was replaced by a 9-member "military command"; however, he retained control of the AUC's political wing. (references)

Political Economy

Bangladesh

The Awami League government stepped down on July 13, 2001, successfully completing their five-year term. (references)

Trade

Jordan

The CBJ has stepped up its role as banking sector overseer, and has given greater attention to the quality of a bank's assets, particularly with respect to loan portfolios. (references)

Worker Rights

Gambia

Employers may not fire or discriminate against members of registered unions for engaging in legal union activities; and the Government has stepped in to assist workers who have been fired or discriminated against by employers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "STEPPED": stepped climb ♦ stepped drive ♦ stepped fall ♦ stepped gear ♦ stepped keyboard ♦ stepped line ♦ stepped roof ♦ stepped shaft ♦ stepped type water seal. Additional references.

Beginning with "STEPPED": stepped-down, stepped-up, stepped-up separation.

Ending with "STEPPED": crow-stepped, side-stepped.

Chinese 

跨步 (Stepping). (various references)

Danish

trinvis. (various references)

Dutch

verspringend schot (recessed bulkhead, stepped bulkhead), verloopstuk (conduit reducer, pipe reducer, reducer, reducing coupling, reduction piece, stepped steel couplings, sub, substitute), variabele snelheidsregeling (multi-speed drive, step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), trappenlens (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), traplens (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), ringenlens (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), meervoudige aanspuiting in trappen (stepped series multi-gating), knikschot (recessed bulkhead, stepped bulkhead), getrapte overlaat (cascade drop, cascade fall, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, steepped drop, stepped fall), getrapt waterslot (joggle, offset type water seal, stepped type water seal, tudel type water seal), geschouderde as (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft), Fresnel-lens (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), Fresnellens (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), cascade (cascade, cascade drop, cascade fall, cascading, down welling, downwelling, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, sinking, steepped drop, stepped fall). (various references)

Finnish

portaittainen vesisulku (joggle, offset type water seal, stepped type water seal, tudel type water seal), porrasputous (cascade drop, cascade fall, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, steepped drop, stepped fall), olakkeellinen akseli (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft), Fresnelin linssi (Fresnel lens, stepped lens). (various references)

French

grappe à canaux multiples (stepped series multi-gating), arbre à épaulements (step shaft, stepped shaft), arbre à gradins (step shaft, stepped shaft), arbre étage (step shaft, stepped shaft), arbre conique (step shaft, stepped shaft), arbre profilé (step shaft, stepped shaft), changement de vitesse à variation échelonnée (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), changement de vitesse à variation discontinue (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), chutes en cascade (steepped drop, stepped fall), cloison à baïonnette (stepped bulkhead), arbre à échelons (step shaft, stepped shaft), exploitation par gradins renversés (advance stope, overhand stope, overhand stoping, stepped layout with lowest face leading, stepped sloping face, stepped stope), transmission à variation discontinue de la vitesse (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), joint hydraulique du type à bec d'amorçage (stepped type water seal), lentille à échelons (stepped lens), lentille de Fresnel (stepped lens), mécanisme à variation discontinue (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), mécanisme de changement de vitesse à variation échelonnée (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), mécanisme de changement de vitesse à variation discontinue (step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), marches de rupture de la vitesse (stepped energy destroying, steps, velocity reducing steps), réductions (stepped steel couplings), redans (stepped energy destroying, steps, velocity reducing steps), exploitation par gradins droits (advance stope, stepped face, stepped layout with uppermost face leading, stepped stope, underhand stope). (various references)

German

gestuft (graded, staggered, terraced, tiered), Stufen (grade, layer, levels, ranges, rungs, stagger, terrace). (various references)

Greek 

κωνικός άξονας (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft), κλιμακωτός φακός (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), βαθμωτός άξονας (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft), φραγή που σχηματίζει βαθμίδα (recessed bulkhead, stepped bulkhead), φακός του Fresnel (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), φακóς του Fresnel (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), είσοδος τροφοδοσίας με πολλαπλά κανάλια (stepped series multi-gating), αναβαθμοί εν σειρά (cascade drop, cascade fall, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, steepped drop, stepped fall), διάφραγμα που σχηματίζει βαθμίδα (recessed bulkhead, stepped bulkhead). (various references)

Hungarian

magassági lépcsõzés (stepped-up separation), lépcsõzetes emelkedés (stepped climb). (various references)

Indonesian

terpijak (be stepped on). (various references)

Italian

A gradini. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

雁木 (escapement, hooked stick, stepped pier, toothing gear, zigzag). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がんぎ (escapement, foreplay, hooked stick, stepped pier, toothing gear, zigzag). (various references)

Korean 

족답하는. (various references)

Manx

feeacklagh (cogged, dental, dentate, indented, indented as leaf, jagged, serrated, snappy, toothed, toothlike, tusker), aggagh (indented, jagged, nicked, serrated). (various references)

Pig Latin

eppedstay.(various references)

Portuguese

graduado (gradual, graduate), escalonado. (various references)

Russian 

проходить пошаговый (stepping). (various references)

Spanish

graduado (alumnus, graduate, graduated, postgraduate, trained), escalonado (move number, step number). (various references)

Swedish

växellåda (gearbox, transmission), typ av vattenlås (joggle, offset type water seal, stepped type water seal, tilted outlet type water seal, tudel type water seal), radingöt (stepped series multi-gating), profilerad axel (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft), kaskadfall (cascade drop, cascade fall, fall drop in series, full fall in series, ladder of drops, ladder of falls, steepped drop, stepped fall), intensifierad (stepped-up), Fresnel-lins (Fresnel lens, stepped lens), flerkanalsingöt (stepped series multi-gating), axel med avsatser (profiled shaft, shouldered shaft, step shaft, stepped shaft, taper shaft). (various references)

Vietnamese 

có bậc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "STEPPED": counterstepped, crowstepped, overstepped, sidestepped, unstepped, upstepped. (additional references)

Misspellings

"STEPPED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Seppe, skeppe, stepe, stepel, steppa, stipped, stippen, stoppen, swepped, tittupped. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: steppe.

-2 letters: deeps, deets, pedes, peeps, speed, steed, steep.

-3 letters: deep, dees, deet, peds, peed, peep, pees, peps, pest, pets, seed, seep, sept, sped, step, teds, teed, tees.

-4 letters: dee, eds, ped, pee, pep, pes, pet, see, set, ted, tee.

-5 letters: de, ed, es, et, pe.

+1 letter: estopped, peptides.

+2 letters: dapperest, peptidase, prepasted, septupled, stoppered, unstepped, upstepped.

+3 letters: dipeptides, peptidases, prestamped, prospected.

+4 letters: crowstepped, depopulates, dipeptidase, overstepped, sidestepped, sidestepper, unstoppered.

+5 letters: dipeptidases, exopeptidase, mousetrapped, mucopeptides, octapeptides, polypeptides, pteridosperm, sidesteppers, sidestepping, supplemented, tradespeople.