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noun
The state or quality of being steep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result or product of being steep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: abruptness, precipitousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gradient, slope
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 Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English steepness From steep + -ness.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
