steep
2verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
Origin of steep
2Synonyms for steep
Related Words for steeped
drench, bathe, immerse, suffuse, marinate, saturate, permeate, submerge, soak, infuse, imbue, ingrain, moisten, impregnate, invest, damp, souse, sop, pervade, macerateExamples from the Web for steeped
Contemporary Examples of steeped
In June, a source close to the hiring process told me, “they want somebody who has been steeped in that political warfare.”
A source close to the hiring process told me, “They want somebody who has been steeped in that political warfare.”
Few other male groups were as as steeped in the girl-group genre, or as comfortable embracing its clichés.
America is just too steeped in violence to save itself from guns.
Former State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says Flournoy is “steeped in the challenges that we confront.”
Historical Examples of steeped
But I left you eating lotus, hollow-eyed and steeped in dreams.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
He was hardened, steeped in guilt, and callous as to the sufferings of others.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
The ginger must be steeped over-night, that you may be able to cut it.
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;Charlotte Campbell Bury
The shower of roses around and on her steeped her in pinkness.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
In proportion to the time they are steeped in the liquor, ivory or bones will be capable of receiving any new impression.