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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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dunk
English
Etymology
From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunk?n (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunk?n (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunk?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin ting? (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek ????? (téng?, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)
- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- To set down carelessly.
- (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
- (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].
Translations
Noun
dunk (plural dunks)
- The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
Translations
Related terms
- dunk tank
- reverse dunk
- slam dunk
- thunderdunk
See also
- alley oop
- jam
- slam
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Hyphenation: dunk
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Deverbal of dunken.
Noun
dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)
- opinion
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English dunk
Noun
dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)
- (basketball) dunk
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dunk
- first-person singular present indicative of dunken
- imperative of dunken
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
Etymology 1
Noun
dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)
- a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock
Etymology 2
Noun
dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
- a keg
Synonyms
- kagge
References
- “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”).
Noun
dunk
- jerry can
Anagrams
- kund
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