Word.ws English Dictionary

unstep

unstep verb: to remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.

Verb

unstep (third-person singular simple present unsteps, present participle unstepping, simple past and past participle unstepped)

  1. (transitive) To remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.

Forms of unstep

third-person singular presentunsteps
present participleunstepping
past participleunstepped
pastunstepped

Origin of unstep

From un- + step.

Questions about unstep

What does unstep mean?
Unstep means to remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.
What part of speech is unstep?
Unstep is a verb.
What is the past tense of unstep?
The past tense of unstep is unstepped.

Words near unstep in the dictionary

  1. unstenciled
  2. unstencilled
  3. unstenotic
  4. unstented
  5. unstentorian
  6. unstep
  7. unstepmotherly
  8. unsteppable
  9. unstepped
  10. unstepping
  11. unsteps

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unstep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “unstep.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/unstep. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.