steep
adjective
having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
is steeping
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present progressiveof steep (3rd person singular).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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Part of making something feel real is steeping it in the specificity and details that are intimate to someone who lives in a place, is from a place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
The black midnight is steeping The hillside and the lawn, But still I lie unsleeping, With curtains backward drawn, To catch the earliest peeping Of the desirèd dawn.
From Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir by Robert F. (Robert Fuller) Murray
To separate this valuable commercial product from the woody matter the stalks are first subjected to a process termed retting, which is steeping them in water until they are quite soft.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Ribbons, gauze handkerchiefs, &c. are colored well in this way, especially if they be stiffened by a bit of gum-Arabic, dropped in while the stuff is steeping.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Francis Child
And while the tea is steeping you must tell me how things have gone with you all this long time.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Ludwig Lewisohn
