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adj
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: brant, hilly
Antonyms: shallow, gentle, easy
adj
Expensive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Synonyms: costly, pricey, spendy, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, cost-prohibitive, fancy, dear, dearthful, dispendious, ex, expenny, expensive, exy, high-cost, lickpenny, million-dollar, high-priced, princely, out of sight, overdear, ruinous, spenno, spenny, splurgy, steep
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: or a car's windshield
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A liquid used in a steeping process
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A rennet bag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To soak or wet thoroughly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: middle voice
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To soak or wet thoroughly.
To make tea (or other beverages) by soaking leaves in water, which flavors the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: middle voice
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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adjective
having a sharp inclination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: gradual
adjective satellite
of a slope; set at a high angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a steep place (as on a hill)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
verb
let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: infuse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soak, imbue
Narrower terms: marinade, marinate, decoct, infuse, draw
verb
devote (oneself) fully to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Narrower terms: drink in, drink
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der.? Proto-Germanic *staupaz Proto-West Germanic *staup Old English stēap Middle English steep English steep From Middle English steep, from Old English stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”). Compare Old Frisian stāp ("high, towering"; > Modern Saterland Frisian stiep (“steep”)), Dutch stoop (“grand; proud”), Middle High German stouf (“towering cliff, precipice”), Middle High German stief (“steep”)). The Proto-Indo-European root (and related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”). The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.
From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)”), from Proto-Germanic *staupijaną (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Danish støbe (“cast (metal)”), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa (“to found, cast (metal)”), Old English stūpian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope”). Related to stoop.
Across languages
194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
