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steen
English
Alternative forms
- stean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?n/
Noun
steen (plural steens)
- Alternative form of stean
Verb
steen (third-person singular simple present steens, present participle steening, simple past and past participle steened)
- Alternative form of stean
- 1723, Richard Fro?t, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244,
- We then mea?ured the Depth of it, and found it 200 Foot, and artificially ?teened the whole Depth with circular Portland Stone, which is all entire, and ?tands fair, the mean Diameter is four Foot eight Inches; […] .
- 1764, John Muller, A Treatise Containing the Practical Part of Fortification, 2nd Edition, page 99,
- The compa?s bricks are of a circular form, their u?e is for ?teening of walls; […] .
- 1802, A Society of Practical Gardeners, Rural Recreations; Or The Gardener's Instructor, London, page 182,
- The sides and dome of the cone should be nine inches thick, and the sides ought to be constructed of steened brick-work, that is without mortar, and wrought at right angles to the face of the work: the vacancies behind may be filled with brick-bats, gravel, or loose stones, so that the water which escapes through the sides, may the more readily find its way into the reservoir.
- 1849, Richard C. Neville, Remains of the Anglo-Roman Age, The Archaeological Journal, Volume 6, London, page 121,
- They[the wells] were regularly steened with flint to the depth of ten feet; they measured about four feet in diameter at the mouth: no ancient objects were found in them.
- 1723, Richard Fro?t, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244,
Related terms
- steening (noun)
Anagrams
- ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, teens, tense
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch steen, from Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st???n/
Noun
steen (plural stene, diminutive steentjie)
- stone
Descendants
- ? Sotho: setene
- ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
- ? Zulu: isitini
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste?n/
- Hyphenation: steen
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
steen m (plural stenen, diminutive steentje n)
- stone (small rock)
- (uncountable) stone (hard substance)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: steen
- ? Sotho: setene
- ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
- ? Zulu: isitini
Anagrams
- etsen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Noun
stêen m
- stone
- stone house or castle
- prison
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: steen
- Afrikaans: steen
- ? Sotho: setene
- ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
- ? Zulu: isitini
- Afrikaans: steen
- Limburgish: stein
Further reading
- “steen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “steen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
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steep
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: st?p, IPA(key): /sti?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English steep, from Old English st?ap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz. Compare Old Frisian st?p, Dutch stoop (“grand; proud”), Middle High German stouf (“towering cliff, precipice”), Middle High German stief (“steep”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”). The Proto-Indo-European root (and related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”).
The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.
Adjective
steep (comparative steeper, superlative steepest)
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) expensive
- (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- 1596, George Chapman, De Guiana, carmen Epicum
- Her ears and thoughts in steep amaze erected
- 1596, George Chapman, De Guiana, carmen Epicum
- (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
Derived terms
- steepen
Synonyms
- (dialectal) brant
Translations
Noun
steep (plural steeps)
- The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
- 1833, Banjamin Disraeli, The Wondrous Tale of Alroy
- It ended precipitously in a dark and narrow ravine, formed on the other side by an opposite mountain, the lofty steep of which was crested by a city gently rising on a gradual slope
- 1833, Banjamin Disraeli, The Wondrous Tale of Alroy
Etymology 2
From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)”), from Proto-Germanic *staupijan? (“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 st?pian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope”). Doublet of stoop.
Verb
steep (third-person singular simple present steeps, present participle steeping, simple past and past participle steeped)
- (transitive, middle) To soak or wet thoroughly.
- 1820, William Wordsworth, Composed at Cora Linn, in sight of Wallace's Tower
- In refreshing dews to steep / The little, trembling flowers.
- 1820, William Wordsworth, Composed at Cora Linn, in sight of Wallace's Tower
- (intransitive, figuratively) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
- The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
- 1989, Black 47, Big Fellah:
- We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood / But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood / And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na mBláth / I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all.
Derived terms
- insteep
Translations
Noun
steep (countable and uncountable, plural steeps)
- A liquid used in a steeping process
- Corn steep has many industrial uses.
- A rennet bag.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Estep, Tepes, speet, teeps, tepes
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