step
To move the foot in walkingTo 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.
» Don't step on the broken glass.
Nicht auf die Glasscherben treten!
Не наступайте на разбитое стекло.
Не наступайте на розбите скло.
Не наступай на розбите скло.
Meaning
11 senses(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.
treten, schreiten
шага́тьšagátʹ, шагну́тьšagnútʹ, ступа́тьstupátʹ
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.
(intransitive)To don with a stepping action.
He stepped into his pants.
(intransitive)To walk; to go (on foot, especially) a little distance.
Come one, come all. Step right up!
The convention roared as the president stepped to the podium.
treten, schreiten
шага́тьšagátʹ, шагну́тьšagnútʹ, идти́idtí
walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
(intransitive)To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
To dance.
(figuratively, intransitive)To move mentally; to go in imagination.
treten
перенести́сьperenestísʹ
shift or move by taking a step
(transitive)To set, as the foot.
put down or press the foot, place the foot
(transitive)To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
place (a ship's mast) in its step
(transitive)To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
(intransitive, slang)To depart.
You best step, cuz things are about to jump off.
(intransitive, slang)To be confrontational.
You tryna be steppin right now? You better bring it if so.
Examples
1886 sentencesDon't step on the broken glass.
Не наступайте на розбите скло. — iceman
ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло. — nami
deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Will you step this way, please?
Прошу сюди. — aandrusiak
deHier entlang, bitte. — Sudajaengi
Tom was sitting on the steps.
Том сидів на сходах. — deniko
ruТом сидел на ступеньках. — marafon
If you move a step, and you will be a dead man.
Якщо зробиш ще крок, ти покійник. — Alina
He finally had to step down.
Нарешті він був змушений піти у відставку. — ChickenKiev
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), sFrom 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”).
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Forms
steps, stepping, stepped, steppedPhrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- step upпропонувати, офіруватиTo increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.
- step outвийти, виходитиTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
- step onнаступати, наступитиTo adulterate (a drug) for the purpose of increasing its bulk, and therefore the profit when sold; to dilute, cut.
- step inзамінятиTo act as a replacement or substitute.
- step downйти, пітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
- step offTo measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
- step backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- step overTo relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step aside.
Synonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- the first step
- stepped aside
- took a step
- step back
- stepped on my
- watch your step
- first step
- up the steps
- step forward
- step out of
- stepped on the
- to step down