"step-up" meaning in All languages combined

See step-up on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Deverbal from step up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|step up}} Deverbal from step up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} step-up (not comparable)
  1. That increases in stages. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-step-up-en-adj-Nhu96Sht
  2. (of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage. Tags: not-comparable Translations (voltage increase): 升壓 (shēng yā) (Chinese Mandarin), jännitettä nostava (Finnish), tăng thế (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-step-up-en-adj-EjAM3Q5t Disambiguation of 'voltage increase': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: step-up transformer

Noun [English]

Forms: step-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from step up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|step up}} Deverbal from step up Head templates: {{en-noun}} step-up (plural step-ups)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Exercise Translations (leg-stemming lift): penkille nousu (Finnish), askellus (Finnish), Treppensteigen [neuter] (German), Treppensteiger [masculine] (German), Aufsteiger [masculine] (German), заша́гивание (zašágivanije) [neuter] (Russian), заша́гивание на возвы́шенность (zašágivanije na vozvýšennostʹ) [neuter] (Russian), заша́гивание на платфо́рму (zašágivanije na platfórmu) [neuter] (Russian), заша́гивание на ла́вку (zašágivanije na lávku) [neuter] (Russian), заша́гивание вверх (zašágivanije vverx) [neuter] (Russian), trappsteg [neuter, plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step-up-en-noun-AQ-XJdHq Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 9 7 73 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 83 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 5 78 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 4 79 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 83 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 11 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 11 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 9 62 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 7 72 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 10 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 9 70 10 Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'leg-stemming lift': 74 26
  2. An increase.
    Sense id: en-step-up-en-noun-BdBfBnQj

Inflected forms

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