steep

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steep1

▶adjective

• 1 rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

• 2 (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid.

• 3 informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive.

  ■ dated (of a claim or account) exaggerated.

▶noun chiefly Skiing or literary a steep mountain slope.

– derivatives
steepish adjective,
steeply adverb,
steepness noun.

– origin OE stēap ‘extending to a great height’, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to steeple and stoop1.

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steep2

▶verb

• 1 soak or be soaked in water or other liquid.

• 2 (usu. be steeped in) fill or imbue with a particular quality or influence.

– origin ME: of Gmc origin; rel. to stoup.