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steep
/stip/
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What does steep mean?
adjective
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
- (informal) Expensive.
- resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
More meanings (7)
noun
- The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
- A liquid used in a steeping process
- A rennet bag.
verb
- To soak or wet thoroughly.
- To make tea (or other beverages) by soaking leaves in water, which flavors the water.
- (figuratively) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
adjective
- (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
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IPA pronunciation
/stip/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Our chamber was high up, in a projecting wing of a sort of castle, built out on a steep spur of rock.
So strange a sound was it that the gentle breeze ceased to murmur, the tiny pebbles to roll down the steep incline!
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Here we found an immediate and steep ascent, so that within a hundred yards we had reached a point above the waters.
The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled the yellow stuccoed house.
In a moment, on a steep, rocky slope opposite to him, he beheld a figure cautiously descending--a figure which was not Roderick.