'Step-' definitions:
Definition of 'Step-'
From: GCIDE
- Step- \Step-\ [AS. ste['o]p-; akin to OFries. stiap-, stiep-, D. & G. stief-, OHG. stiuf-, Icel. stj?p-, Sw. styf-, and to AS. [=a]st[=e]pan, [=a]ste['o]pan, to deprive, bereave, as children of their parents, OHG. stiufen.] A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Step-'
- Step,
- Stepped,
- Stepping,
- To step in,
- To step into,
- To step off,
- To step out,
- in step,
- in step with,
- step by step,
- step down,
- step in,
- step on,
- step on it,
- step out,
- step up,
- stepping down,
- steps,
- step-by-step,
- Back step,
- Bed steps,
- Half step,
- Lock step,
- Step grate,
- Step-down,
- Step-up,
- Stepped gear,
- To change step,
- To step aside,
- To step forth,
- To step short,
- To take steps,
- corbel step,
- crow step,
- dance step,
- false step,
- first step,
- flight of steps,
- goose step,
- keep step,
- sea steps,
- step aside,
- step dancing,
- step faults,
- step forward,
- step ladder,
- step lively,
- step rocket,
- step stool,
- step to the fore,
- step-in,
- stepped line,
- stepping motor,
- stepping stone,
- take steps,
- whole step,
- Hop step and a jump,
- Hop step and jump,
- Stepping-stone,
- Two-step,
- corbie-step,
- high-stepped,
- high-stepping,
- one-step,
- step-down transformer,
- step-up transformer,
- hop-step-and-jump