Steep
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Bright; glittering; fiery.
(2): ( n.) Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
(3): ( v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.
(4): ( v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.
(5): ( v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.
(6): ( n.) A rennet bag.
(7): ( v. t.) Excessive; as, a steep price.
(8): ( v. t.) Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
(9): ( n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
"a steep bank" (akin to kremannumi, "to hang"), occurs in Matthew 8:32; Mark 5:13; Luke 8:33 , RV, "the steep" (AV, "a steep place"). In the Sept., 2—Chronicles 25:12 .
King James Dictionary [3]
Steep a. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon ascending or descending with a great inclination precipitous as a steep hill or mountain a steep roof a steep ascent a steep declivity.
STEEP, n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock or ascent any elevated object which slopes with a large angle to the plane of the horizon a precipice.
We had on each side rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steps and precipices.
STEEP, probably formed on the root of dip. To soak in a liquid to macerate to imbue to keep any thing in a liquid till it has thoroughly imbibed it, or till the liquor has extracted the essential qualities of the substance. Thus cloth is steeped in lye or other liquid in bleaching or dyeing. But plants and drugs are steeped in water, wine and the like, for the purpose of tincturing the liquid with their qualities.
STEEP, n. A liquid for steeping grain or seeds also, a runnet bag. Local.
