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high-step

high-step verb: to raise the knees so as to approach or step over.

Verb

high-step (third-person singular simple present high-steps, present participle high-stepping, simple past and past participle high-stepped)

  1. (transitive) To raise the knees so as to approach or step over.
  2. (intransitive) To raise the knees higher than normal.

Forms of high-step

third-person singular presenthigh-steps
present participlehigh-stepping
past participlehigh-stepped
pasthigh-stepped

Questions about high-step

What does high-step mean?
High-step means to raise the knees so as to approach or step over.
What part of speech is high-step?
High-step is a verb.
What is the past tense of high-step?
The past tense of high-step is high-stepped.

Words near high-step in the dictionary

  1. high-speed steels
  2. high-spirited
  3. high-spiritedness
  4. high-stakes
  5. high-status
  6. high-step
  7. high-stepped
  8. high-stepper
  9. high-steppers
  10. high-stepping
  11. high-steps

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