steep
-1 n. செங்குத்துச் சரிவு, கொடுங்குத்துப் பாறை, (பெ.) செங்குத்தான, செங்குத்தான பக்குமுடைய, செங்குத்தெழுச்சியுடைய, படுவீழ்வான, செங்குத்துவீழ்வான, தலைகுப்புறவான, மிகக்கடினமான, கதை முதலியவை வகையில் மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட, நம்ப முடியாத, (பே-வ) அடாவிலையான, அடிப்பறி-2 n. தோய்வூறல் முறை, தோய்வூறல் நீர்மம், தோய்வூறலுக்குரிய நீர்மம், புரையூட்டவதற்குரிய பொருள், (வினை.) தோய்ந்தூறவை, தோய்வுறுத்து, நீர்மத்தில் முழுக்காட்டு, முற்றிலும் நனைவி, தோய், ஊறு, முட்டநனைவுறு, செறிவுறத் தோய்ந்தூறு, செறிந்து பரவும, ஆழ்ந்த ஈடுபாடுகொள்வ
Synonyms
#verb dip, soak, immerse, macerate, submerge, drench, imbue abrupt, precipitous, elevated, inaccessible, hilly, craggy #verb dip, soak, immerse, macerate, submerge, drench, imbue abrupt, precipitous, elevated, inaccessible, hilly, craggy
Antonyms
#verb dip, soak, immerse, macerate, submerge, drench, imbue abrupt, precipitous, elevated, inaccessible, hilly, craggy #verb dip, soak, immerse, macerate, submerge, drench, imbue abrupt, precipitous, elevated, inaccessible, hilly, craggy #verb air, dry, ventilate, fan, sun, aridity, exsiccate easy, level, undulating, accessible, gradual
Steep (step), a. Defn: Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer. Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (stept); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.] Etym: [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of stupa to stoop; cf. Sw. stöpa to cast, to steep, Dan. stöbe, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. t.] Defn: 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. Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. Shak. In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. Wordsworth. The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. Earle. Steep, v. i. Defn: To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.] Steep, n. 1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds. 2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.] Steep, a. [Comper. Steeper; superl. Steepest.] Etym: [OE. steep, step, AS. steáp; akin to Icel. steyp steep, and stupa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.] 1. 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. 2. Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] Chapman. 3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang] Steep, n. Defn: A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. Dryden. We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. Addison. Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. Wordsworth. Steep (step), a. Defn: Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer. Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (stept); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.] Etym: [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of stupa to stoop; cf. Sw. stöpa to cast, to steep, Dan. stöbe, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. t.] Defn: 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. Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. Shak. In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. Wordsworth. The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. Earle. Steep, v. i. Defn: To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.] Steep, n. 1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds. 2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.] Steep, a. [Comper. Steeper; superl. Steepest.] Etym: [OE. steep, step, AS. steáp; akin to Icel. steyp steep, and stupa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.] 1. 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. 2. Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] Chapman. 3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang] Steep, n. Defn: A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. Dryden. We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. Addison. Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. Wordsworth.