steep

Meaning

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

Noun

1. A liquid used in a steeping process
2. A rennet bag.

Concepts

steep

precipitous

soak

abrupt

high

immerse

sheer

sharp

infuse

bluff

macerate

sloping

drench

saturate

precipice

cliff

craggy

exorbitant

dip

towering

rugged

put in water

offhand

stiff

stringent

inclined

plunge

soak up

unconscionable

slope

vertical

sop

hilly

blunt

brusque

offhanded

rigid

tense

tight

imbue

erect

douse

arduous

jagged

rough

submerge

perpendicular

downhill

absorb

engross

engulf

extortionate

outrageous

usurious

difficult

maceration

wet

tall

ret

immoderate

undue

impregnate

steep slope

lofty

perilous

pervade

sate

escarpment

immerse in

dangerous

inclining

costly

dear

expensive

high-priced

lavish

overpriced

sharply-sloping

arupt

vertiginous

precipitate

pointed

hard

high-pitched

permeate

declivity

sky

lixiviate

leach

treatment

pickle

country

earth

good things of life

land

material possessions

soil dug out to form a grave

territory of a chief

world

upright

uphill

curt

jerky

plump

dive

duck

submerse

imbrue

souse

cragged

abnormal

exceeding

excess

extravagant

fulsome

hyperbolic

inordinate

profuse in

rampant

rank

vaulting

whopping

alveolus

bath

blister

bubble

froth

vesicle

insuccation

dipping

immersion

impregnation pickling

steeping

bump

full

heap

knoll

mound

swelling

degree

style

aslope

bold

downward-sloping

intransigent

peremptory

stark

stern

ultra

excessive

indefensible

insupportable

intemperate

prohibitive

prohibitory

unjustifiable

unjustified

unreasonable

unwarrantable

unwarranted

dowse

welter

decoct

distil

waterfall

very angry

heavy

important

caved

caving

crumbling

cliffy

brew

soak through

off-hand

off-handed

stunned

rising

crag

scarp

steep hill

soak in

pour

hill

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stiːp/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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