Steep

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
  • adj. At a rapid or precipitous rate: a steep rise in salaries.
  • adj. Excessive; stiff: a steep price.
  • adj. Ambitious; difficult: a steep undertaking.
  • n. A precipitous slope.
  • v. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
  • v. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
  • v. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo a soaking in liquid.
  • n. The act or process of steeping.
  • n. The state of being steeped.
  • n. A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
  • adj. expensive
  • v. To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
  • v. To be imbued with an abstract quality
  • v. To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
  • n. A liquid used in a steeping process
  • n. B escarpment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Bright; glittering; fiery.
  • v. To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.
  • n. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
  • n. A rennet bag.
  • adj. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
  • adj. Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
  • adj. Excessive.
  • n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.
  • Elevated; high; lofty.
  • Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.
  • Bright; glittering; fiery.
  • n. A steep or precipitous place; an abrupt ascent or descent; a precipice.
  • To tilt (a barrel).
  • To soak in a liquid; macerate: as, to steep barley; to steep herbs.
  • To bathe with a liquid; wet; moisten.
  • To imbue or impregnate as with a specified influence; cause to become permeated or pervaded (with): followed by in.
  • To be bathed in a liquid; soak.
  • n. The process of steeping; the state of being steeped, soaked, or permeated: used chiefly in the phrase in steep.
  • n. That in which anything is steeped; specifically, a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are soaked to quicken germination.
  • n. Rennet: so called from being steeped before it is used.
  • n. Same as brasque.
  • n. plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of a slope; set at a high angle
  • v. devote (oneself) fully to
  • v. let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
  • adj. having a sharp inclination
  • n. a steep place (as on a hill)
  • adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  • Equivalent
    high    precipitous    bold    sharp    perpendicular    heavy    steep-sided    sheer    steepish    abrupt   
    Antonym
    moderate   
    Verb Form
    steeped    steeping    steepness    steeps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decline    fall    descent    declination    declivity    declension    downslope   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    steeped    steeping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bright    glittering    fiery    macerate    precipitous    lofty    elevated    high    excessive    precipice   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Jeep    Peep    Streep    asleep    beep    bleep    bopeep    cheap    creep    deep   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rocky    precipitous    narrow    rough    slippery    jagged    muddy    shallow    uneven    lonely