“steppeth” is a form of
step
/stɛp/ noun, verb
Forms steps stepping stepped stept stope
- noun An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- noun A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- noun The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- noun (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- noun A distinct part of a process; stage; phase. “He improved step by step, or by steps.”
- noun A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus. “The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.”
- noun The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running. “One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.”
- noun A small space or distance. “It is but a step.”
- verb (intransitive) 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.
- verb (intransitive) To don with a stepping action. “He stepped into his pants.”
- verb (intransitive) To walk; to go (on foot, especially) a little distance. “Come one, come all. Step right up!”
- verb (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- verb To dance.
- verb (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- verb (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- verb (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- noun (colloquial) A stepchild.
- noun (colloquial) A stepsibling.
Synonyms
stride measure footstep pace stair gradation stone's throw footfall tone whole tone whole step footprint footmark dance step tread mistreat maltreat abuse ill-use ill-treat
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to support, stomp, curse, be amazed”).
Cognate with West Frisian stappe (“to step”), North Frisian stape (“to walk, trudge”), Dutch stappen (“to step, walk”), Walloon steper (“to walk away, leave”), German stapfen (“to trudge, stomp, plod”) and further to Slavic Polish stąpać (“to stomp, stamp, step, tread”), Russian ступать (stupatʹ) and Polish stopień (“step, stair, rung, degree”), Russian степень (stepenʹ). Related to stamp, stomp.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
- verb To set, as the foot.
- verb To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect. To step off, to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
Etymology [AS. stæppan; 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. Stamp, n. & a.]
Etymology [AS. stæpe. See Step, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “step”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details