steep
IPA: stˈip
noun
- The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
- A liquid used in a steeping process
- A rennet bag.
verb
- (transitive, middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly.
- (intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
- To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
adjective
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) expensive
- (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
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