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Steep

adjective

1.

Having a sharp inclination. "Steep cliffs" Antonym: gradual.

2.

Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation. Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious. "Extortionate prices" , "Spends an outrageous amount on entertainment" , "Usurious interest rate" , "Unconscionable spending"

3.

Of a slope; set at a high angle. "A steep roof sheds snow"

noun

1.

A steep place (as on a hill).

verb

(past & past part. steeped; pres. part. steeping)

1.

Devote (oneself) fully to. Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up.

2.

Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse. Synonym: infuse. "Steep the fruit in alcohol"

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"Steep" Quotes from Famous Books

... I going? Caesar and his fortunes are embarked in a stage-coach. An hour and a half had elapsed when I perceived that the horses were dragging the vehicle slowly up a steep hill. The full-leaved trees are arching for us, overhead, a verdant canopy; the air becomes more bracing and elastic: and even I feel its invigorating influence, and cease to drop slily the gravelly dirt I had collected from my shoes, down the neck and back of ...

— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

... the surrounding country. After crossing the river which flows between Nutschoitjin and Hotchkeanranga, we began to ascend the long slope on whose summit Hotchkanrakenljeut (Hotchkeanranga's head) rises with steep sides above the surrounding country. Over the slope were scattered loose blocks of stone of an eruptive rock. The crest of "the head" was also closely covered with loose stones. On the north of wind side these stones were covered with a hard beaten crust of snow nearly two feet thick, on the south ...

— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... they choose a part of the river where there is a steep bank. Taking off their clothes they leave them on the grass verge, enter the water and swim around calling out their love for Krishna. Unknown to them, Krishna is in the vicinity and is grazing the cows. He ...

— The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry • W. G. Archer

... join them, so held our breath and gazed with ravenous eyes. They were nearer now, the wind brought feeble notes from the Hounds. The big Wolf turned to the steep ascent, up a well-known trail, it seemed, for he made no slip. My heart went with him, for he had come back to rescue his friend, and a momentary thrill of pity came over us both, as we saw him glance around and drag himself up the sloping way, to die on his mountain. There was ...

— Animal Heroes • Ernest Thompson Seton

... some time, my eye had been in search. Barwyke Hall was a large, quaint house, of that cage-work fashion known as "black-and-white," in which the bars and angles of an oak framework contrast, black as ebony, with the white plaster that overspreads the masonry built into its interstices. This steep-roofed Elizabethan house stood in the midst of park-like grounds of no great extent, but rendered imposing by the noble stature of the old trees that now cast their lengthening shadows eastward over the sward, ...

— A Stable for Nightmares - or Weird Tales • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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