is steeping
- present progressive of steep (3rd person singular).
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
Ribbons, gauze handkerchiefs, &c., are coloured well in this way, especially if they be stiffened by a bit of gum-arabic, dropped in while the stuff is steeping.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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 Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
Mammy thinks she will be all run down, and is steeping up white-oak bark and cherry-tree twigs.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
All nature now is steeping Her sons in sleep,—their eyelids close, All living things in sweet repose Are sleeping, sleeping.
From Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund O.
