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Pronunciation : Steep (step)
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Steep
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of stupa to stoop; cf. Sw. st?pa to cast, to steep, Dan. st?be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: 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. Shak. In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. Wordsworth. The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. Earle.
t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (stept); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Steep
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.]
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Steep
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Steep
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. steep, step, AS. ste?p; akin to Icel. steyp steep, and stupa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.]
Definition : 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 easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]
[Comper. Steeper; superl. Steepest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Steep
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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. We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. Addison. Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. Wordsworth.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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