steep
41steep — adjective 1) steep cliffs Syn: sheer, precipitous, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical 2) a steep increase Syn: sharp, sudden, dramatic • Ant …
42steep — /sti:p/ adjective referring to an increase which is very great and usually sudden or a price which is very high ● a steep increase in interest charges ● a steep decline in overseas sales …
43steep — English has two words steep. The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *staup , *stūp , which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The …
44steep-up — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: steep (I) + up, adverb : steep, precipitous, straight up …
45steep — brasilein ra*sil e*in, {C16H12O5}, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Brasque Brasque, n. [F.] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable… …
46steep — The property of inclination with a very steep gradient [16] …
47steep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. soak, saturate, macerate. See water. adj. precipitous, abrupt, sheer, declivitous; vertical; informal, expensive (see dearness). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abrupt, precipitous, sheer,… …
48steep — 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… …
49steep — Laumania, kū, kūnihi, kūlihi, kūnihinihi. Also: nihi, kahakō, oheohe, kūmole, ku i, ūlili; lele koa e (fig.); ♦ steep as house roof, kūkūohi. Rare: hanunu, kū o ili. See towering …
50steep — skardis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Status arba visiškai vertikalus aukštas upės, griovos, ežero krantas, aukštos terasos pakopa ten, kur žemesnė terasa upės nuardyta. Aukštų skardžių būna prie upių posūkių, kur… …
