to step
- verb
- /stɛp/
- Specialized
- Before the race began, the team ensured to step the new mast correctly onto the yacht.
Examples
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The keelson, into which the mast was stepped, was fitted over the central frames rather than directly to the keel.
Academic text (1996) -
Once the mast was stepped and braced with stays, we raised our sails with halyards we had braided out of rawhide.
Fiction book (2001) -
The crew worked quickly to step the mast in place before the storm hit.
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During the maintenance, the technicians had to step the mast securely into its holder.
Idioms
- Informal
To take responsibility and act when a difficult situation happens
- Informal
Make someone angry by doing their job or making decisions for them
- Informal
Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important
- Informal
An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To press the pedal in a car to make it go faster or hurry to finish something
To have sex or a romantic relationship with someone who is not your partner
Compounds
- Specialized
The smallest jump between two notes in Western music, one piano key apart
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
- Specialized
A device that raises the voltage of electric current that changes direction
- Specialized
A stone or brick step that sticks out along the sloping edge of a gable wall
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Specialized
A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space
- Specialized
A device that lowers high electric voltage so appliances work safely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Step (when used for ships) follows that same idea of a standing place, so to step a mast is to put the mast into its block and make it stand upright.