B1verb · transitive · common

steep

steep · steeps · steeped · steeping

замочити, заварити, заварювати, просочувати

пропитать, настаивать, пропитывать, заварить

ziehen lassen, eintauchen, einweichen

To soak or wet thoroughlyTo soak or wet thoroughly.

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/stiːp/

» We climbed up the steep mountain.

Wir erklommen den steilen Berg. — xtofu80

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Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To soak or wet thoroughly.
They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.
The tea is steeping.
eintauchen, einweichen
пропи́тыватьpropítyvatʹ, пропита́тьpropitátʹ, выма́чиватьvymáčivatʹ
замо́чуватиzamóčuvaty, замочи́тиzamočýty, просо́чуватиprosóčuvaty
To soak or wet thoroughly.
(transitive)To make tea (or other beverages) by soaking leaves in water, which flavors the water.
ziehen lassen
зава́риватьzavárivatʹ, завари́тьzavarítʹ
зава́рюватиzavárjuvaty, завари́тиzavarýty
(figuratively, intransitive)To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
a town steeped in history
пропи́тыватьpropítyvatʹ, пропита́тьpropitátʹ, пропи́тыватьсяpropítyvatʹsja
загруза́тиzahruzáty, загру́знутиzahrúznuty

More definitions

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
devote (oneself) fully to

Examples

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We climbed up the steep mountain.
deWir erklommen den steilen Berg. — xtofu80
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That path is a bit steep.
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The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
ruТропа виляла по крутому склону. — Karok
deDer Pfad führte im Zickzack den steilen Hang hoch. — Yorwba
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We walked carefully down the steep mountain path.
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The higher we climbed, the steeper the mountain became.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to soak an item in liquid:

to make tea or other beverage:

to imbue with an abstract quality:

Русский

By meaning 3

to soak an item in liquid:

to make tea or other beverage:

to imbue with an abstract quality:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to soak an item in liquid:

to make tea or other beverage:

Origin

From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, ca

From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)”), from Proto-Germanic *staupijaną (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Danish støbe (“cast (metal)”), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa (“to found, cast (metal)”), Old English stūpian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope”). Related to stoop.

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Forms

steeps, steeping, steeped, steeped

Base form	steep · to steep
3rd person singular	steeps
Present participle	steeping
Past simple	steeped
Past participle	steeped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	steep
he, she, it	steeps

Past simpleLesson

all persons

steeped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have steeped
he, she, it	has steeped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will steep

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Close in meaning

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse:infuse
devote (oneself) fully to:immerse engulf plunge engross absorb soak up

Word family

6 related words

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle