Steep

French Meaning

raide

escarpé

abrupt

élevé

à pic

incliné

excessif

très haut

tremper

macérer

mariner

faire tremper

trempement

English Meaning

  1. Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
  2. At a rapid or precipitous rate: a steep rise in salaries.
  3. Excessive; stiff: a steep price.
  4. Ambitious; difficult: a steep undertaking.
  5. A precipitous slope.
  6. To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
  7. To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
  8. To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
  9. To undergo a soaking in liquid.
  10. The act or process of steeping.
  11. The state of being steeped.
  12. A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.