Steep

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  • adjective. Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
  • adjective. At a rapid or precipitous rate.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Excessive; stiff.
  • adjective. Ambitious; difficult.
  • noun. A precipitous slope.
  • intransitive verb. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
  • intransitive verb. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
  • intransitive verb. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
  • intransitive verb. To undergo a soaking in liquid.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or process of steeping.
  • noun. The state of being steeped.
  • noun. A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.
  • Elevated; high; lofty.
  • Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.
  • Bright; glittering; fiery.
  • noun. A steep or precipitous place; an abrupt ascent or descent; a precipice.
  • To tilt (a barrel).
  • To soak in a liquid; macerate: as, to steep barley; to steep herbs.
  • To bathe with a liquid; wet; moisten.
  • To imbue or impregnate as with a specified influence; cause to become permeated or pervaded (with): followed by in.
  • To be bathed in a liquid; soak.
  • noun. The process of steeping; the state of being steeped, soaked, or permeated: used chiefly in the phrase in steep.
  • noun. That in which anything is steeped; specifically, a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are soaked to quicken germination.
  • noun. Rennet: so called from being steeped before it is used.
  • noun. Same as brasque.
  • noun. plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Bright; glittering; fiery.
  • intransitive verb. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.
  • noun. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
  • noun. A rennet bag.
  • transitive verb. To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.
  • noun. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
  • adjective. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
  • adjective. Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
  • adjective. Excessive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
  • adjective. expensive
  • verb. To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
  • verb. To be imbued with an abstract quality
  • verb. To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
  • noun. A liquid used in a steeping process
  • noun. B escarpment
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of a slope; set at a high angle
  • verb. devote (oneself) fully to
  • verb. let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
  • adjective. having a sharp inclination
  • noun. a steep place (as on a hill)
  • Word Usage
    "At this point in what he describes as a steep learning curve, Tjian does not foresee major changes at HHMI."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    moderate  
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    abrupt  bluff  bold  heavy  high  
    Form
    steeped  steeping  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Jeep  Peep  Streep  asleep  beep  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jagged  lofty  lonely  muddy  narrow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form