stepped

STEPT/stɛpt/

2 meanings of stepped

1
verb
Simple past and past participle of step. Use this form when the moving happened earlier.
She stepped over the puddle on her way to school.
We stepped onto the bus and found two free seats.
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2
adjective
Made with a row of flat parts like stairs, where each part sits higher than the one before.
Like a set of stairs, where each part sits a little higher than the one below it.
The garden had a stepped path leading down to the pond.
They built a stepped wall to hold back the steep hillside.
Similartiered, terraced
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stepped is a form of step

step, verb: To move by lifting your foot and putting it down somewhere, or to walk a short way. Full entry

Forms: stepsteps he/she/itstepping -ing formstepped past tense, past participle
Spelling: step → stepped: double the p, add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /t/.

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