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51steep — I adjective 1) steep cliffs Syn: precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous Ant: gentle 2) a steep increase Syn …
52steep — I. /stip / (say steep) adjective 1. having an almost perpendicular slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc. 2. Colloquial unduly high, or exorbitant, as a price or amount. 3. Colloquial extreme or… …
53steep — mod. [of a price] high; expensive. □ Isn’t that price sort of steep? □ I don’t have steep prices here. □ Their prices are pretty steep, but their goods are of high quality …
54steep-to — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: steep (I) + to, adverb : precipitous; especially : sloping almost perpendicularly downward used especially of a shore or shoal the north side of the cape is steep to U.S. Coast Pilot: West Indies …
55steep — 1. adjective /stiːp/ a) Of a near vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. Thats a bit steep. b) expensive 2 …
56steep — English has two words steep. The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *staup , *stūp , which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The …
57steep — {{11}}steep (adj.) having a sharp slope, O.E. steap high, lofty, from P.Gmc. *staupaz (Cf. O.Fris. stap, M.H.G. *stouf), from PIE *steup to push, stick, knock, beat, with derivations referring to projecting objects (Cf. Gk. typtein to strike,… …
58steep — adjective 1) steep cliffs Syn: sheer, precipitous, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical 2) a steep increase Syn: sharp, sudden, dramatic • Ant …
59steep — /sti:p/ adjective referring to an increase which is very great and usually sudden or a price which is very high ● a steep increase in interest charges ● a steep decline in overseas sales …
60steep — English has two words steep. The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *staup , *stūp , which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The …
