stepped

/stɛpt/

IPA: /S T EH1 P T/

verb
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

    to step to one of the neighbors

  3. 3

    To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

  4. 4

    To move mentally; to go in imagination.

  5. 5

    To set, as the foot.

  6. 6

    To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

adjective
  1. 1

    Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.

    a stepped gear

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/step, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stepped