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1. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
   "steep rent";
   - exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious, eye-watering [informal], exhorbitant [non-standard]
    
2. Of a slope; set at a high angle
   "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"
    
3. Having a sharp inclination
   "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

1. Devote (oneself) fully to
   "He steeped himself into his studies";
   - immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up, ingulf [archaic]
    
2. Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavour or to cleanse
   "steep the fruit in alcohol";
   - infuse

1. A steep place (as on a hill)

Derived forms: steeper, steeped, steepest, steeping, steeps

See also: abrupt, bluff, bold, heavy, high, immoderate, perpendicular, precipitous, sharp, sheer, steepish, steep-sided, vertical

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], concentrate, declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall, focus, imbue, pore, pore over, rivet, soak

Antonym: gradual

Encyclopedia: Steep, Hampshire