Usually means: Sharp increase or decrease angle.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word steep:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. steep: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. steep, steep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. steep, steep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. steep: Collins English Dictionary
  5. steep: Vocabulary.com
  6. Steep, steep: Wordnik
  7. steep: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. steep: Wiktionary
  9. steep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. steep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. steep: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. steep: Dictionary.com
  13. steep (adj.), steep (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. steep: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Steep (film), Steep (incline), Steep (video game), Steep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Steep: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. steep: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. steep: Rhymezone
  19. steep: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. steep: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. steep: Free Dictionary
  22. steep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. steep: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. steep: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. steep: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. steep: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. steep: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steep: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. STEEP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. steep: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. steep: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. steep: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See steeped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
adjective:  (informal) expensive
adjective:  (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
adjective:  (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
noun:  The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
verb:  (transitive, middle voice) To soak or wet thoroughly.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
verb:  To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
noun:  A liquid used in a steeping process
noun:  A rennet bag.

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