steep in English

adjective

1

(of a slope, flight of stairs, angle, ascent, etc.) rising or falling sharply; nearly perpendicular.

she pushed the bike up the steep hill

synonyms: precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous

2

(of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive.

a steep membership fee

synonyms: expensive, costly, high, stiff, unreasonable, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, prohibitive, dear

noun

1

a steep mountain slope.

hair-raising steeps

verb

1

soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavor or to soften it.

the chilies are steeped in olive oil

synonyms: marinade, marinate, soak, souse, macerate, pickle

2

surround or fill with a quality or influence.

a city steeped in history

synonyms: imbue with, fill with, permeate with, pervade with, suffuse with, infuse with, soak in

adjective

precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous
sharp, sudden, precipitate, precipitous, rapid
expensive, costly, high, stiff, unreasonable, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, prohibitive, dear
usurious, exorbitant, outrageous, extortionate, unconscionable

verb

marinade, soak, imbue with, soak up, infuse
marinade, marinate, soak, souse, macerate, pickle
soak, saturate, immerse, wet through, drench, ret
imbue with, fill with, permeate with, pervade with, suffuse with, infuse with, soak in
soak up, immerse, engulf, plunge, absorb, engross
infuse

Use "steep" in a sentence

1. See the angle's steep?

2. O Use backwater calculations for non-steep slopes or Backwatered steep slope culverts

3. — Appropriate management for steep slopes

4. The path rugged and steep?

5. No mountain too steep.

6. Our climb will be steep .

7. They climbed a steep embankment.

8. light beam at steep angle

9. The terrain is often deceptively steep .

10. Steep the fruit in brandy overnight.

11. We climbed up the steep mountain.

12. Sounds a little steep to me.

13. The road became rocky and steep.

14. The train snailed up the steep grade.

15. We were winded by the steep climb.

16. She puffed up the steep slope.

17. The children Clambered up the steep bank

18. The plane went into a steep dive.

19. But the yield curve is abnormally steep.

20. The horses laboured up the steep slope.

21. 21 She puffed up the steep slope.

22. His brakes failed on a steep hill.

23. Watch out for the stairs-they're steep.

24. The next hill has a real steep grade.

25. 10 The road has a fairly steep gradient.

26. The road stretches uphill at a steep slope.

27. The girls ran down the steep grassy bank.

28. She scaled its steep side in breathless haste.

29. 29 The path led up a steep hill.

30. A car is climbing the steep hill slowly.

31. steep slope or rough terrain working conditions.

32. Thereafter its fortunes suffered a steep decline.

33. A stream tumbles down the steep hillside.

34. The road has a fairly steep gradient.

35. The simplest things will become steep Acclivities.

36. Like waters poured down a steep slope.

37. We clambered up the steep, rocky slope.

38. 3 The terrain is often deceptively steep .

39. The ladder’s a bit steep, Sir, he Cautioned

40. It's so steep he can't even run here.

41. He nursed the car up the steep hill.

42. Barranca definition, a steep-walled ravine or gorge

43. 4 Durance deal with that steep or deep.

44. Crag: a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

45. Crag definition is - a steep rugged rock or cliff.

46. Crags: a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

47. Especially memorable was the steep, winding descent into Chile.

48. They walked for miles across steep and inhospitable terrain.

49. I never cycle up that hill it's too steep.

50. The series of steep hills sapped the cyclists'strength.