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1steep — [stiːp] adjective 1. steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive: • Consumers are paying relatively steep prices for dairy products. • Anyone caught fiddling their expenses will face steep fines. 2. a steep increase or rise in something is… …
2Steep — Steep, a. [Compar. {Steeper} ( [ e]r); superl. {Steepest}.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste[ a]p; akin to Icel. steyp[eth]r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. {Stoop}, v. i., {Steep}, v. t., {Steeple}.] …
3Steep (disambiguation) — Steep is a village in central Hampshire, England.Steep may also refer to:* Frederick Steep (1874 1956), Canadian amateur football (soccer) player * Steep (incline), an elementary mathematical concept * Steep (technique), a cooking technique… …
4Steep Slope Sliders — Éditeur Sega Développeur Cave / Victor Interactive Software …
5Steep Falls (condado de Cumberland, Maine) — Steep Falls Lugar designado por el censo de los Estados Unidos …
6Steep Point — Staat …
7steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… …
8Steep — Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st[ o]pa to cast, to steep, Dan.… …
9steep — adj Steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. The words are here arranged in ascending order of degree of perpendicularity. Steep implies so sharp a slope or pitch that ascent or descent is difficult… …
10Steep-down — (st[=e]p doun ), a. Deep and precipitous; having steep descent. [R.] [1913 Webster] Wash me in steep down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
