steep
/stiːp/ adjective B1- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical. · a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep barometric gradient
- Expensive. · Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep.
- resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular. · The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior.
Comparative steeper · Superlative steepest
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Not another word did she say until they had left the village and were driving down a steep little hill, the road part of which had been cut so deeply into the soft soil that the banks, fringed with blooming wild cherry-trees and slim white birches, were several feet above their heads.
A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a steep precipice, where he had no chance of reaching her.
The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.
The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear.
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