understep

Meanings

Verb

• Not to go as far as a boundary or limit.
• To take a step that is not far enough forward.
• To have a gait in which the hind foot touches the ground behind the point where the front foot touches the ground.

Noun

• A gait in which the hind feet touch the ground behind the point where the front feet touch the ground.
• A step that acts as a base to hold something.
• The underside of a step.
• A movement in which one understeps.

Adjective

• Underneath a step.

Origin

• under- + step