(literally) To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.

A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps / A piece of music for this dance

A stool of various designs with one or more steps; in some designs the steps may be folded away underneath the seat when not in use.

Alternative form of stepaunt

That decreases in stages / (of a transformer etc) That reduces a voltage

That increases in stages. / (of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage.

(exercise) A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.

(architecture) One of a series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.

(chiefly in the plural) A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

(military, chiefly historical) A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.