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.

(military) A step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees.

a form of aerobics involving repeated stepping up onto, and down from a block or platform

(transitive, idiomatic) To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility.

To walk up a set of stairs as exercise.

(idiomatic) To resign from office; to abdicate. / To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.

(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