steep

Pronunciation

• enPR: stēp, IPA ^(key): /stiːp/
• SAMPA: /sti:p/

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Adjective

Positive steep

Comparative steeper

Superlative steepest

1. If a hill or slope is steep, it goes up at a high angle.

   Be very careful; the hill is very steep and it's easy to fall and hurt yourself.

2. If a price or cost of something is steep, it is very high or expensive.

   $500 for an old, used television set? No thanks, that's too steep for me.

Synonyms

• expensive
• sharp
• extreme
• sudden
• sheer
• vertical

Antonyms

• shallow
• flat

Steep slopes

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Verb

Plain form steep

Third-person singular steeps

Past tense steeped

Past participle steeped

Present participle steeping

1. To soak something in a liquid.
   • Synonyms: sog and saturate
2. To be soaked in a liquid.
3. To be full of some quality.

   The accident is steeped in mystery.

   The town is steeped in history.