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steep

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steep (comparative steeper, superlative steepest)

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep barometric gradient
(informal) expensive
Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep.
(obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior.

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steep (plural steeps)

The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
- It ended precipitously in a dark and narrow ravine, formed on the other side by an opposite mountain, the lofty steep of which was crested by a city gently rising on a gradual slope.

Verb

steep (steeps, present participle steeping; past and past participle steeped)

(transitive, middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly.
They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.
The tea is steeping.
- In refreshing dew to steep / The little, trembling flowers.
(intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
a town steeped in history
- The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
- 1989, Black 47, Big Fellah:
  We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood / But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood / And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na mBláth / I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all.

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