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Steep   /stip/   Listen
adjective
Steep  adj.  Bright; glittering; fiery. (Obs.) "His eyen steep, and rolling in his head."


Steep  adj.  (compar. steeper; superl. steepest)  
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.
2.
Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high. (Obs.)
3.
Excessive; as, a steep price. (Slang)


noun
Steep  n.  
1.
Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
2.
A rennet bag. (Prov. Eng.)


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. "We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices." "Bare steeps, where desolation stalks."


verb
Steep  v. t.  (past & past part. steeped; pres. part. steeping)  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. "Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep." "In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers." "The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin."


Steep  v. i.  To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. (Colloq.)





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"Steep" Quotes from Famous Books



... the younger sister drew back into the dark depths of the covered wagon and spoke no more. In ten minutes the team was rattling down the eastward slope, and Sergeant Wing turned with a sigh, as at last even the sound of hoof and wheel had died away. Slowly he climbed the steep and crooked trail to their aerie at the peak. No sign of Jackson yet, no message from the ranch, no signal-fires at Moreno's or beyond. Yet, was he right in telling Harvey with such precious freight ...
— Foes in Ambush • Charles King
... the steep hill the stage-coach stopped. For the seventh time the driver climbed down from his seat and opened and slammed ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher
... can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war— Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar— In life's low ...
— The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer - With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes • Rev. George Gilfillan [Ed.]
... more beautifully steep In his first splendor valley, rock, or hill, Ne'er saw I, never felt a calm so deep; The river glideth at his own sweet will. Dear God! the very houses seem asleep, And all this mighty heart ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... with broken fragments of rock. Occasionally a regularly-formed and unusually symmetrical circular formation makes its appearance; the exterior surface of the wall bristling with terraces rising gradually from the plain, the interior one much more steep, and instead of a flat floor, the inner space is concave or cup-shaped, with a solitary peak rising in the centre. Solitary peaks rise from the level plains and cast their long narrow shadows athwart the smooth surface. Vast plains of a dusky tint become visible, ...
— Half-hours with the Telescope - Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a - Means of Amusement and Instruction. • Richard A. Proctor


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