steep
adjective
having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
will steep
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future tenseof steep.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Reid’s impoverished youth in a tiny hamlet in southern Nevada gave him an iron will, steep ambition and a sizable chip on his shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Asher’s adaptation, designed to appeal to Shakespeare aficionados and novices alike, will steep you in all the vivid horror of “the Scottish play” with time left over for a restorative dinner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2017
We will steep certain comforting herbs which I will shew thee, and put them in a bag and lay them on his belly.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
So some will steep themselves in rhyme, some in landscapes, some in pictures, some in the watching of the complexity and change of things, some in music, some in action, some in mere ease.
From On Something by Hilaire Belloc
Since former committee Afforded no pity, Our sorrows in wine we will steep 'um; They force us to take Two oaths, but we'll make A third, that we ne'er mean to keep 'um.
From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Charles Mackay
