stepped

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stɛpt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛpt

Verb

stepped

  1. simple past and past participle of step

Adjective

stepped (not comparable)

  1. Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
    a stepped key
    a stepped gear
    steeply stepped stairs
    • 1951 October, “Notes and News: Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 708:
      He informs us that the unusual cars with stepped floors are not those of the original pair of lines […] .

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