STEEPEN


Meaning of STEEPEN in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Addition of successively higher odd harmonics steepens the wings and reduces the amplitude of the fluctuations in between.

After a few seconds the attitude should be allowed to steepen up gradually and smoothly until the full climbing angle is reached.

As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again; there was still life in the controls, somewhere.

Eventually the rock steepens and turns blocky.

Killion steepened his dive and began picking his targets.

The glider should not be steepened up or levelled out immediately after leaving the ground.

The valley of the White Kielder Burn steepened again as I trudged north, its curves tightening.

We made it to the Pastukhov rocks without a break and steered left where the slope steepened considerably.

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