STEEP

I. adjective see: stoop Date: before 12th century lofty , high , making a large angle with the plane of the horizon, 3. mounting or falling precipitously , being or characterized by a rapid and intensive decline or increase, extremely or excessively high , ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 1555 a precipitous place, III. verb Etymology: Middle English stepen Date: 14th century transitive verb to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence), to cover with or plunge into a liquid (as in bathing, rinsing, or soaking), to saturate with or subject thoroughly to (some strong or pervading influence) , intransitive verb to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid, see: soak ~er noun IV. noun Date: 15th century the state or process of being ~ed, a bath or solution in which something is ~ed