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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3793 COCA: 3973

steep

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 steep /ˈstiːp/ adjective
steeper; steepest
1 steep
/ˈstiːp/
adjective
steeper; steepest
Learner's definition of STEEP
[also more steep; most steep]
1 
: almost straight up and down : rising or falling very sharply陡的；陡峭的
2 
: going up or down very quickly急剧的；大起大落的
3 
: very high很高

pay a steep price

— see 1pay

— steeply

adverb [more steeply; most steeply]

— steepness

noun [noncount]
2 steep /ˈstiːp/ verb
steeps; steeped; steeping
2 steep
/ˈstiːp/
verb
steeps; steeped; steeping
Learner's definition of STEEP
: to put (something) in a liquid for a period of time浸泡
[+ object]
[no object]

steep in

[phrasal verb]
1 
steep (someone) in (something) : to make (someone) know and understand a lot about (something)使沉浸于；使潜心于
— often used as (be) steeped in常用作(be) steeped in
2 
— used as (be) steeped in to say that there is a lot of something in a place, time, etc.（某地、某时等）充满，富于
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3793 COCA: 3973

steep

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adjective

ˈstēp How to pronounce steep (audio)
1
: lofty, high
—used chiefly of a sea
2
: making a large angle with the plane of the horizon
3
a
: mounting or falling precipitously
the stairs were very steep
b
: being or characterized by a rapid and intensive decline or increase
4
: extremely or excessively high
steep prices
steepish
ˈstē-pish How to pronounce steep (audio)
adjective
steeply adverb
steepness noun

steep

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noun (1)

: a precipitous place

steep

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verb

steeped; steeping; steeps

transitive verb

1
: to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence)
2
: to cover with or plunge into a liquid (as in bathing, rinsing, or soaking)
3
: to saturate with or subject thoroughly to (some strong or pervading influence)
practices steeped in tradition

intransitive verb

: to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid
steeper noun

steep

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noun (2)

1
: the state or process of being steeped
2
: a bath or solution in which something is steeped

Synonyms

Adjective

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for steep

Adjective

steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular.

steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult.

a steep hill
a steep dive

abrupt implies a sharper pitch and a sudden break in the level.

a beach with an abrupt drop-off

precipitous applies to an incline approaching the vertical.

the river winds through a precipitous gorge

sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular expanse.

sheer cliffs that daunted the climbers

Verb

soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid.

soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing.

soak the garment in soapy water

saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held.

a saturated sponge

drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured.

clothes drenched by a cloudburst

steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed.

steep the tea for five minutes

impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another.

a cake strongly impregnated with brandy

Example Sentences

Adjective The stairs are very steep. a steep drop in prices The store's prices are too steep for me. Their rates are pretty steep. Verb Steep the tea for three minutes. The tea steeped for five minutes. See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English stepe, from Old English stēap high, steep, deep; akin to Old Frisian stāp steep, Middle High German stief — more at stoop

Verb

Middle English stepen

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (1)

1555, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of steep was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing steep
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3793 COCA: 3973
steep

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, look, seem陡；看起來很陡；好像很陡▸➤become, get, grow變得很陡ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／頗為／非常陡峭▸➤impossibly, incredibly, terribly不可思議地／難以置信地／驚人地陡峭◇an incredibly steep hill陡得驚人的小山➤increasingly愈加陡峭▸➤deceptively陡峭程度出乎意料◇The terrain is often deceptively steep (= steeper than you expect).地形的陡峭程度常常出乎意料。

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