steep
[stiːp]
Definition:
1. Rising or falling quickly, not gradually.
2. Sudden and very big.
3. Too much; unreasonable.
'steep' example sentence:
- This hill is too steep to ride upon a bicycle.
- The steep pavement was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
- Climbing steep stairs to the choir gallery you peer into a cavernous interior.
- I've got it plotted here which is even more steep than that.
- At the other side of the valley was a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
- The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
- It's a drink made by steeping pineapple rind in water.
- San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
- The place was crowded and we had to climb steep stairs to find an empty table.
- They climbed a steep embankment.
- She watched his slow progress down the steep slope.
- The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.
- The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.
- The car can't come up, as the slope is so steep.
- Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?
- The hill was very steep and I soon ran out of puff.
- Consumers are rebelling at steep price increases.
- He said they were unrealistic and steeped in the past.
- We drove up a steep-sided valley.
- The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
- A narrow steep path leads down into a valley and up the far side.
- The horses laboured up the steep slope.
- Always take care when driving down steep hills.
- Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's steep mountain valleys.
- That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides.
- He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.
- The girls ran down the steep grassy bank.
- The road passes over a steep mountain.
- They still had to climb a steep ascent that lay behind Peter's hut.
- He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.
- The steep sidewalk was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
- The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.
- She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
- The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully.
- This region is steeped in tradition.
- £ 2 for a cup of coffee seems a little steep to me.
- The path led up a steep hill.
- The path was steeper and less travelled than the previous one.
- The steep, stony ground is well drained.
- The children clambered up the steep bank.
- The plane was coming in at a steep angle.
- The path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
- She started once again on the steep upward climb.
- They spent a month steeping themselves in Chinese culture.
- Both he and the crew are on a steep learning curve.
- They climbed upward along the steep cliffs surrounding the village.
- The climbers had to negotiate a steep rock face.
- The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
- The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside.