adjective, verb
adjective (steeper, steepest)
1 (of a slope, hill, etc.) rising or falling quickly, not gradually:
a steep hill / slope / bank * a steep climb / descent / drop * a steep flight of stairs * The path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
2 [usuallybeforenoun] (of a rise or fall in an amount) sudden and very big:
a steep decline in the birth rate * a steep rise in unemployment
3 (informal) (of a price or demand) too much; unreasonable:
｣2 for a cup of coffee seems a little steep to me.
steeply adverb:
a steeply sloping roof * The path climbed steeply upwards. * Prices rose steeply.
steepness noun [U]
Part of speech: verb
IDIOMS
be steeped in sth (written) to have a lot of a particular quality:
a city steeped in history
PHRASALVERBS
steep sth in sth to put food in a liquid and leave it for some time so that it becomes soft and flavoured by the liquid:
Steep the fruit in brandy overnight.
steep yourself in sth (written) to spend a lot of time thinking or learning about sth:
They spent a month steeping themselves in Chinese culture.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is steep a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, steep is tagged as verb.
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