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- n. B escarpment
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Bright; glittering; fiery.
- v. To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.
- v. colloq. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.
- n. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
- n. Prov. Eng. A rennet bag.
- adj. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
- adj. obsolete Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- adj. Slang Excessive.
- n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
- adj. of a slope; set at a high angle
- v. devote (oneself) fully to
- v. let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
- adj. having a sharp inclination
- n. a steep place (as on a hill)
- adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa ("to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)"), from Proto-Germanic *staupijanan (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Danish støbe ("cast (metal)"), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa ("to found, cast (metal)"), Old English stūpian ("to stoop, bend the back, slope"). More at stoop. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English stepe, from Old English stēap.Middle English stepen, perhaps of Old English origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
“At this point in what he describes as a steep learning curve, Tjian does not foresee major changes at HHMI.”
“State industries still dominate the Chinese economy, even though they are in steep decline.”
“Both filed separately for bankruptcy last year, Jennifer's unemployment benefits expired, and monthly premiums for the family's private health insurance remain steep because of her preexisting condition.”
“The US was in steep debt after WWII, but that was followed by the prosperity of the 1950s.”
“Way before there were steroids, a few players somehow beat the odds and put up some of the best seasons of their careers at an age when most players were in steep decline.”
“Monthly data released Friday by major credit-card issuers indicated losses from souring loans remain steep, while delinquencies, a closely followed gauge of future losses, declined, but at a slow pace.”
“The fact that British defense capabilities are in steep decline means that even more of the burden of defending what used to be called the Free World will fall on our overstretched armed forces.”
“With the economy in steep decline, the government is looking to connect increased agricultural employment as one answer to rising unemployment, especially for temp workers with cancelled contracts.”
“Supposedly the Church of England is in steep decline in England itself.”
“Plus, GPS doesn't work worth a darn in steep-sided mountain valleys.”
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