'Steep' definitions:
Definition of 'steep'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" [ant: gradual]
adjective
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious]
adjective
Of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"
noun
A steep place (as on a hill)
verb
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up]
verb
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" [syn: steep, infuse]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\ (st[=e]p), a. Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (st[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st["o]pa to cast, to steep, Dan. st["o]be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. i.] To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\, v. i. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\, n.
- 1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\, a. [Compar. Steeper (-[~e]r); superl. Steepest.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste['a]p; akin to Icel. steyp[eth]r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.]
- 1. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Steep'
From: GCIDE
- Steep \Steep\, n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'steep'
From: GCIDE
- brasilein \bra*sil"e*in\, C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Brasque \Brasque\, n. [F.] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'steep'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit much,
- abandoned,
- abrupt,
- abstruse,
- acme,
- aerial,
- aerial heights,
- airy,
- altitudinous,
- apex,
- arduous,
- ascending,
- aspiring,
- bathe,
- besprinkle,
- bluff,
- bold,
- boundless,
- breakneck,
- breathe,
- brew,
- brutal,
- bury,
- cliff,
- color,
- colossal,
- complex,
- concentrate,
- costly,
- crag,
- critical,
- dear,
- dear-bought,
- decoct,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- difficile,
- difficult,
- distill,
- dizzy heights,
- dominating,
- douche,
- douse,
- dredge,
- drench,
- drouk,
- dye,
- egregious,
- elevated,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- eminent,
- enormous,
- entincture,
- escarpment,
- essentialize,
- ether,
- ethereal,
- exacting,
- exaggerated,
- exalted,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- expensive,
- express,
- extortionate,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fabulous,
- face,
- fancy,
- fill,
- flavor,
- flush,
- formidable,
- gigantic,
- gluttonous,
- hairy,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- haughty,
- headlong,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- heights,
- Herculean,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- high-priced,
- high-reaching,
- high-set,
- high-up,
- hyperbolic,
- hypertrophied,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- immerse,
- immoderate,
- impregnate,
- incontinent,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- ingrain,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- inordinate,
- instill,
- intemperate,
- intricate,
- inundate,
- invest,
- jawbreaking,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- lave,
- leach,
- leaven,
- lift,
- lixiviate,
- lofty,
- luxurious,
- macerate,
- marinate,
- mean,
- melt down,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mounting,
- no picnic,
- not affordable,
- not easy,
- of great cost,
- Olympian,
- Olympian heights,
- operose,
- orthodiagonal,
- orthogonal,
- out of bounds,
- out of sight,
- outrageous,
- outtopping,
- overbig,
- overdeveloped,
- overgreat,
- overgrown,
- overlarge,
- overlooking,
- overmuch,
- overpriced,
- overtopping,
- overweening,
- palisade,
- palisades,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- perpendicular,
- pervade,
- pickle,
- plumb,
- plunging,
- precipice,
- precipitous,
- premium,
- press out,
- pricey,
- prominent,
- raise,
- rapid,
- refine,
- render,
- rich,
- right-angle,
- right-angled,
- right-angular,
- rigorous,
- rinse,
- rise,
- rising ground,
- rough,
- rugged,
- saturate,
- scar,
- scarp,
- season,
- seethe,
- set with thorns,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- sky,
- soak,
- soaring,
- sodden,
- sop,
- souse,
- spiny,
- spiring,
- stiff,
- straight-up,
- straight-up-and-down,
- stratosphere,
- strenuous,
- sublime,
- submerge,
- suffuse,
- sumptuous,
- superlative,
- supernal,
- temper,
- thorny,
- ticklish,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- toilsome,
- too much,
- top,
- topless,
- toplofty,
- topping,
- tough,
- towering,
- towery,
- transfuse,
- tricky,
- unbridled,
- unconscionable,
- undue,
- unpayable,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- up-and-down,
- uphill,
- uplifted,
- upreared,
- uprise,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- vertical,
- wall,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- wet,
- wicked,
- wring,
- wring out,
- zenith