Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of steep is as below...

Drench :: Drench (v. t.) To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

Insteeped :: Insteeped (imp. & p. p.) of Instee.

Steeple-crowned :: Steeplechasing (n.) The act of riding steeple chases.

Alum :: Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum..

Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..

Tan :: Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water..

Soak :: Soak (v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak..

Bitters :: Bitters (n. pl.) A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped..

Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..

Cragged :: Cragged (a.) Full of crags, or steep, broken //cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged..

Headlong :: Headlong (a.) Steep; precipitous.

Steepened :: Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent..

Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt..

Ciderkin :: Ciderkin (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.

Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..

Brant :: Brant (a.) Steep; high.

Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Random Fonts

Most Popular