Steep

What do we mean by steep?

Having a sharp inclination; precipitous. adjective

At a rapid or precipitous rate. adjective

Excessive; stiff. adjective

Ambitious; difficult. adjective

A precipitous slope. noun

To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from. intransitive verb

To infuse or subject thoroughly to. intransitive verb

To make thoroughly wet; saturate. intransitive verb

To undergo a soaking in liquid. intransitive verb

The act or process of steeping. noun

The state of being steeped. noun

A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped. noun

Same as brasque. noun

Plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating. noun

Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.

Elevated; high; lofty.

Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.

Bright; glittering; fiery.

The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.

1. Adjective: Very Expensive. 2. Adjective: Used to describe the incline or decline of a surface. Urban Dictionary

Verb: The process of placing a tea bag into hot water in order to brew tea. Adjective: to describe the incline of a surface normally walked on. Urban Dictionary

An object that slopes. Most probably into your impending doom. DOOM. Urban Dictionary

Sweet; tight Urban Dictionary

Very, very cool Urban Dictionary

Fuckin amazing...can be anything; women, cars, drugs, etc Urban Dictionary

Inspired by the way a tea bag steeps in hot water, steep means - V: to chill, or take in one's surroundings ADJ: something that is really cool or chill(can also be called "steeped out") Urban Dictionary

Cool, sweet, tight, awesome, tubular, bodacious, wicked, good, great, super, good, rad, da bomb, off the hook, or excellent. Urban Dictionary

Steep a word to describe something or a situation that is unbelievably bad or unfortunate for your self or another person. Urban Dictionary

The method that Tim Horton's (a Canadian doughnut chain) uses to make tea. In a 2005 commercial, it takes on a new meaning as a mother misinterprits steeped to mean cool. Now steeped is being used in popular culture to mean cool or great. Being told that something of yours is steeped should be taken as a compliment (or you just have some good tea). Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to steep:
steep, steel, sweep, sleep, step, steer, sheep, seep, steap, steed, steem, strep, steen, streep, sneep, stoep, teep, steek, stee, stemp, stepp, steeg, steeb, steet.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word steep:
slopes, incline, cliffs, slope, escarpment, hillside, gradient, ravine, climb, holm, valleys, sloping, terrain, rugged, ascent, ridges, gorge, wooded, cliff, rocky, topography, glacier, winding, gable, roofs, canyon, decline, bluff, hills, stairs, dive, curve, curves, narrow, mountainous, overlooking, summit, glacial, plateau, erosion, forested, drops, staircase, peaks, roof, ridge, limestone, climbing, grades, sandstone, mountains, descent, rises, hill, sides, drop, mountain, streams, beaches, rocks, trail, vegetation, elevation, valley, angle, volcanic, trails, walls, alpine, steps, flat, shallow, sharp, granite, vertical, flowing, path, faces, altitude, dense, banks, sandy, snow, rough, tributary, peak, tunnel, rising, stream, reaches, rise, ranges, mount, deep, difficult, flows, above, soil, grade, grass.

Words that rhyme with steep:
creep, keep, sweep, sleep, leap, deep, weep, sheep, heap, cheap, reap, peep, asleep, seep, upkeep, beep, oversleep, veep, jeep, clepe, reep, bleep, cheep, sneap, threap, leep, streep, black sheep, kreep, dieppe, felipe, bopeep, lepe, rubbish heap, dall sheep, tepe, diep, fall asleep, eternal sleep, beauty sleep, rem sleep, twilight sleep, put to sleep, paradoxical sleep, bighorn sheep, short sleep, dirt cheap, inskeep, rapid eye movement sleep, sepe, fast asleep, garbage heap, go to sleep, junk heap, sound asleep, trash heap, barbary sheep, merino sheep, mountain sheep, cat sleep, vegetable sheep, maned sheep, go deep, refuse heap, rocky mountain sheep, marco polo sheep, seip, seipp, white sheep, kneip, wild sheep, cause to sleep, musk sheep, domestic sheep, griep, phillipe, riepe, anandeep, heape, kniep, mcsleep, schliep.

Adjectives that are often used to describe steep:
less, little, rugged, rocky, craggy, more, least, opposite, wild, long, cold, tall, slippery, pretty, lofty, wooded, dizzy, awful, airy, farthest, precipitous, toilsome, horrible, monstrous, rough, perpendicular, terrible, woody, perilous, dark, ridgy, lonely, eastern, dangerous, castled, narrow, marbled, stormy, stony, icy, fearful, deep, grassy, abrupt, giddy, windy, sudden, embattled, bare, green, laborious, indian, headlong, uncommonly, barren, bold, painful, thorny, dreadful, familiar, longer, northern, arduous, distant, ascent, mighty, extra, golden, eternal, adverse, profile, difficult, purple, gradient, dreary, starry, azure, latmian, romantic, frightful, leucadian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective steep:
slopes, slope, hill, hills, bank, sides, path, ascent, banks, cliffs, rise, road, climb, incline, descent, hillside, side, gradient, mountains, gradients, decline, cliff, steps, walls, stairs, mountain, angle, hillsides, curve, roof, grade, trail, face, grades, rocks, rock, increase, wall, streets, street, ridge, drop, terrain, staircase, flight, roofs, fall, declivity, ridges, valley, embankment, inclines, pitch, price, paths, stairway, places, valleys, bluff, ravine, dive, escarpment, precipice, track, bluffs, ground, ascents, roads, ravines, mountainside, precipices, turn, declivities, edge, trails, waves, liquor, curves, dip, angles, faces, front, gorge, gully, pass, portion, ladder, canyon, dips, lane, increases, shore, escarpments, heights, scarp.

Consonant match to steep:
stop, step, stoop, steppe, stope, stoup, stipe, stupp, stapp, step-, stepp, stipp, staup.

Words that sound like steep:
steep, steap, stop, step, stoop, steppe, stope, stopp, stap, stip, stepp, stipe, stup, stoup, stupe, stape, stoep, stupp, stapp, steeb, stype, stipp, step-, staup, steib, stowp, stab, sweep, seep, stub, stee, steeper, sti, streep, steeped, seap, stea, steeps, strp, sepe, stey, ceap, cpe, staub, stob, staab, staib, stirp, stube, seip, stubbe, stpp, steepy, stobbe, seipp, stib, siep, c.p, stii, zz top, sap, setup, sep, sde, sapp, cep, cip, seeb, set up, sape, sepp, set-up, cbe, estep, cyp, iced up, ceeb, scip, seab, psta, ceb, sdi, sebe, sdy, estop, siebe, siop, seib, ceop, sew up, f-stop, psyop, sat up, seop, sieb, cebe, saap, siib, siap, astoop.