steep something/someone in something

steep | American Dictionary

steep
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/stip/

steepadjective[-er/-est only] (NOT GRADUAL)

(of a slope) rising or falling at a sharp angle:
The train slowed as it went up a steep incline.
A steep rise or fall is one that goes very quickly from low to high or from high to low:
Yesterday’s steep decline in the value of the dollar was unexpected.

steepadjective[-er/-est only] (TOO HIGH)

(esp. of prices) too high; more than is reasonable:
We enjoyed our stay at the hotel, but the charges were a bit steep.
steep
verb[ I/T ]
us/stip/

steepverb[I/T] (MAKE WET)

to stay or cause to stay in a liquid, esp. in order to improve flavor or to become soft or clean:
[ I ]Let the tea steep for five minutes.
[ T ]This stain will come out if you steep the cloth in cold water.
To be steeped in something is to be filled with it or to know a lot about it:
[ T ]The college is steeped in tradition.

steep | Business English

steep
adjective
uk /stiːp/us
sudden and very big:
steep decline/drop/fallWith the steep fall in the price of oil, the economy has slowed significantly.
steep rise/increaseThe property market is beginning to decline after years of steep price increases.
very high or higher than is reasonable:
steep fee/charge/costInvestors are concerned about the steep cost of the banking bail-out.
Co-operatives could soon face steep taxes.

Examples of steep

steep
For both outcomes the pattern is of a steep increase in depression up to age 18, which then remains steady up to age 21.
If this attentional component becomes less robust with age, it would contribute to a steeper decline with age for backward, as compared to forward, masking.
The gentle ramp case displays a higher fast-particle yield than the steep ramp case.
It was also emphasised that stairs should not be too steep, and there should be equal step heights throughout a staircase.
Therefore, for a typical undergraduate using this book, the learning curve will be steep.
Therefore, at r0 = 0.9 the steep waves have an almost uniform velocity distribution under the trough and approximate the solitary waves to working accuracy.
The tone of the writing is often political and polemical, steeped in the increasingly selfreferential and sometimes confusing terminology of post-modernist cultural theorizing.
Moreover, in models with helium (and other ions) the thermal force in the steep transition region may play a role in determining the coronal abundances.
However, patients in their early years of illness experienced increased mortality after the steepest bed reduction.
A steep curve means that the item has strong discriminating ability at the point on the curve where it has maximum information value.
Growth in the first few years was very steep, then stalled, but then rebound after the 2005 legislative changes.
Indeed, the history of the video was steeped in fetishistic 'buzz'.
The steep part of the plotted lines reflects the within-cluster production time and the horizontal part the time between-clusters.
It consists of a series of steep hillsides separated by deep gullies.
These hedge in the entire sea, so that no opening can be seen anywhere; they are higher than lofty mountains and resemble steep, overhanging cliffs.
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