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ALL meanings of steep

steep
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  • adjective steep sharply sloped 1
  • transitive verb steep infuse, brew 1
  • abbreviation STEEP soak 1
  • intransitive verb steep soak in sth 1
  • intransitive verb steep imbue with 1
  • adjective steep price: expensive 1
  • adjective steep having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc. 1
  • adjective steep (of a price or amount) unduly high; exorbitant: Those prices are too steep for me. 1
  • adjective steep extreme or incredible, as a statement or story. 1
  • adjective steep high or lofty. 1
  • noun steep the act or process of steeping or the state of being steeped. 1
  • noun steep a liquid in which something is steeped. 1
  • verb with object steep to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving. 1
  • verb with object steep to wet thoroughly in or with a liquid; drench; saturate; imbue. 1
  • verb with object steep to immerse in or saturate or imbue with some pervading, absorbing, or stupefying influence or agency: an incident steeped in mystery. 1
  • verb without object steep to lie soaking in a liquid. 1
  • adjective steep A steep slope rises at a very sharp angle and is difficult to go up. 0
  • adjective steep A steep increase or decrease in something is a very big increase or decrease. 0
  • adjective steep If you say that the price of something is steep, you mean that it is expensive. 0
  • verb steep To steep food in a liquid means to put the food in the liquid for some time so that the food gets flavour from the liquid. 0
  • adjective steep having or being a slope or gradient approaching the perpendicular 0
  • adjective steep (as noun) 0
  • adjective steep (of a fee, price, demand, etc) unduly high; unreasonable (esp in the phrase that's a bit steep) 0
  • adjective steep excessively demanding or ambitious 0
  • adjective steep (of a statement) extreme or far-fetched 0
  • adjective steep elevated 0
  • verb steep to soak or be soaked in a liquid in order to soften, cleanse, extract an element, etc 0
  • verb steep to saturate; imbue 0
  • noun steep an instance or the process of steeping or the condition of being steeped 0
  • noun steep a liquid or solution used for the purpose of steeping something 0
  • adjective steep having a sharp rise or highly inclined slope; precipitous 0
  • adjective steep unreasonably high or great; exorbitant; excessive 0
  • adjective steep extreme; exaggerated 0
  • adjective steep high; lofty 0
  • noun steep a steep slope or incline 0
  • verb transitive steep to soak in liquid, so as to soften, clean, extract the essence of, etc. 0
  • verb transitive steep to immerse, saturate, absorb, or imbue 0
  • intransitive verb steep to be steeped, as tea leaves 0
  • noun steep a steeping or being steeped 0
  • noun steep liquid in which something is steeped 0
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