steep

English

/stiːp/

adj
Definitions
  • Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
  • (informal) expensive
  • (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
  • (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English steep inherited from Old English stēap (high, a stoup, drinking vessel, flagon, cup, beaker) inherited from Proto-Germanic *staupaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (push, stick, hit, butt, knock).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)tewb-

Gloss

push, stick, hit, butt, knock

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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