Steep
31steep — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 sloping sharply; almost perpendicular (a steep hill; steep stairs). 2 (of a rise or fall) rapid (a steep drop in share prices). 3 (predic.) colloq. a (of a demand, price, etc.) exorbitant; unreasonable (esp. a bit steep). b… …
32Steep — Die STEP Analyse (auch bekannt als PEST Analyse) ist ein englisches Akronym für Sociological, Technological, Economical and Political Change (zu deutsch: sozio kulturell, technologisch, ökonomisch, politisch). Die STEP Analyse ist ein Modell der… …
33steep — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …
34steep — I adjective 1) steep cliffs Syn: precipitous, sheer, abrupt, sharp, perpendicular, vertical, bluff, vertiginous Ant: gentle 2) a steep increase Syn …
35steep — I. /stip / (say steep) adjective 1. having an almost perpendicular slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc. 2. Colloquial unduly high, or exorbitant, as a price or amount. 3. Colloquial extreme or… …
36steep — mod. [of a price] high; expensive. □ Isn’t that price sort of steep? □ I don’t have steep prices here. □ Their prices are pretty steep, but their goods are of high quality …
37steep-to — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: steep (I) + to, adverb : precipitous; especially : sloping almost perpendicularly downward used especially of a shore or shoal the north side of the cape is steep to U.S. Coast Pilot: West Indies …
38steep — 1. adjective /stiːp/ a) Of a near vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. Thats a bit steep. b) expensive 2 …
39steep — English has two words steep. The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *staup , *stūp , which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The …
40steep — {{11}}steep (adj.) having a sharp slope, O.E. steap high, lofty, from P.Gmc. *staupaz (Cf. O.Fris. stap, M.H.G. *stouf), from PIE *steup to push, stick, knock, beat, with derivations referring to projecting objects (Cf. Gk. typtein to strike,… …
