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Steep

adjective
1.
Having a sharp inclination.  "Steep cliffs"
2.
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.  Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious.  "Extortionate prices" , "Spends an outrageous amount on entertainment" , "Usurious interest rate" , "Unconscionable spending"
3.
Of a slope; set at a high angle.  "A steep roof sheds snow"
noun
1.
A steep place (as on a hill).
verb
(past & past part. steeped; pres. part. steeping)
1.
Devote (oneself) fully to.  Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up.
2.
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.  Synonym: infuse.  "Steep the fruit in alcohol"



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"Steep" Quotes from Famous Books



... his theological position, without a word more he threw his soft checked plaid of Galloway wool over his shoulders, and fell into the herd's long swinging heather step, mounting the steep brae up to his cot on the hillside as easily as if he were ...
— The Lilac Sunbonnet • S.R. Crockett
... England, wherein a contemporary of Cotton Mather and Governor Endicott, were he permitted to revisit the scenes of his painful probation, would scarcely feel himself a stranger. Law and Gospel, embodied in an orthodox steeple and a court-house, occupy the steep, rocky eminence in its midst; below runs the small river under its picturesque stone bridge; and beyond is the famous female seminary, where Andover theological students are wont to take unto themselves wives of the daughters of the Puritans. An ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier
... the Goddess had inform'd me all. Their noble spirits agreed; nor yet so clear Could I bring all off, but Elpenor there His heedless life left. He was youngest man Of all my company, and one that wan Least fame for arms, as little for his brain; Who (too much steep'd in wine and so made fain To get refreshing by the cool of sleep, Apart his fellows plung'd in vapours deep, And they as high in tumult of their way) Suddenly waked and (quite out of the stay A sober mind had given him) would descend A huge long ...
— A History of English Literature - Elizabethan Literature • George Saintsbury
... earth's level where blindly creep Things perfected more or less To the heaven's height far and steep. ...
— The Child Under Eight • E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith
... were these. Newcastle is upon the Tyne. The banks at Newcastle are steep and high, but about four miles above the town is a place called Newburn, where was a meadow near the river, and a convenient place to cross. The Scotch advanced in a very slow and orderly manner to ...
— Charles I - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott


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