Steep: alternatives and connections

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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Having the heaves.

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Having the heaves.

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To hie.

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To hie.

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Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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Somewhat steep.

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Somewhat steep.

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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

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To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, consid…

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

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A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.

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To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

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Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of righ…

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Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

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Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconsciona…

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Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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