steep
adjective
having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
steeped
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past participleof steep.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof steep.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
steepadjectivehaving an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
Example Sentences
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Two of his most acclaimed full-length collections, 2002’s “Sea Change” and 2014’s “Morning Phase,” were downcast acoustic offerings steeped in heartbreak and loss informed by both British folk and California country-rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hansard's life was steeped in music, from first picking up a guitar as a teenager right until the final hours of his life, when he was performing in a traditional music session.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
And he rooted his holding in the alleged “original meaning” of the amendment through analysis that appeared to be steeped in historical texts.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Lai is steeped in the archaeology of the park, the Gabrielino establishment here, the Zanja Madre irrigation line that served the early pueblo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The fair taught men and women steeped only in the necessary to see that cities did not have to be dark, soiled, and unsafe bastions of the strictly pragmatic.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
