steep
adjective
having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
are steeping
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present progressiveof steep.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And in Æschylus too we read— You are steeping the seasonings.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
