Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - steep
Steep
steep
1. adj. & n. --adj. 1 sloping sharply; almost perpendicular (a steep hill; steep stairs). 2 (of a rise or fall) rapid (a steep drop in share prices). 3 (predic.) colloq. a (of a demand, price, etc.) exorbitant; unreasonable (esp. a bit steep). b (of a story etc.) exaggerated; incredible. --n. a steep slope; a precipice. Derivatives steepen v.intr. & tr. steepish adj. steeply adv. steepness n. Etymology: OE steap f. WG, rel. to STOOP(1) 2. v. & n. --v.tr. soak or bathe in liquid. --n. 1 the act or process of steeping. 2 the liquid for steeping. Phrases and idioms steep in 1 pervade or imbue with (steeped in misery). 2 make deeply acquainted with (a subject etc.) (steeped in the classics). Etymology: ME f. OE f. Gmc (as STOUP)
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I. adjective see: stoop Date: before 12th century lofty, high, making a large angle with the plane of the horizon, 3. mounting or falling precipitously , being or characterized by a rapid and intensive decline or increase, extremely or excessively high , ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 1555 a precipitous place, III. verb Etymology: Middle English stepen Date: 14th century transitive verb to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence), to cover with or plunge into a liquid (as in bathing, rinsing, or soaking), to saturate with or subject thoroughly to (some strong or pervading influence) , intransitive verb to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid, see: soak ~er noun IV. noun Date: 15th century the state or process of being ~ed, a bath or solution in which something is ~ed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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