steep

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
2. (informal) Expensive.
3. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
4. resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular.

Noun

The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To soak or wet thoroughly.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
3. To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A liquid used in a steeping process
2. (countable, uncountable) A rennet bag.

Oposto a

shallow, gentle

Sinónimos

precipitous

soak

abrupt

high

immerse

sheer

infuse

sharp

sloping

bluff

macerate

precipice

drench

saturate

towering

craggy

exorbitant

cliff

dip

put in water

rugged

slope

soak up

inclined

offhand

unconscionable

stringent

vertical

hilly

sop

plunge

stiff

arduous

brusque

rough

rigid

ret

outrageous

blunt

perilous

engross

lofty

engulf

erect

jagged

offhanded

maceration

perpendicular

downhill

impregnate

Traducións

steil

ripido

escarpado

steil

escarpé

íngreme

acantilado

raide

abrupt

abschüssig

escarpado

empinado

escarpat

arduus

schroff

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/stiːp/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: steep

Herdado de Old English: stēap

Relativo a Old Frisian: stāp

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: stiep

Relativo a neerlandés: stoop

Relativo a Middle High German: stouf

Relativo a Middle High German: stief

Relativo a escocés: stap

Herdado de Middle English: stepen

Relativo a dinamarqués: støbe

Relativo a noruegués: støpe

Relativo a sueco: stöpa

Relativo a Old English: stūpian

In summary

From Middle English steep, from Old English stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“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.

Frases

Tea has been planted in the Eastern Division with very steep slopes .