to steep

Examples

• All

• In addition, the surgeons who perform the procedures are often steeped in prevailing ideologies about breasts, beauty, and bodies.

  Academic text (2013)

• He was so steeped in his research that he forgot to eat lunch.

• The point of this is not to steep in the regret, but to learn about the people around you.

  DoctorRamani

• And I certainly steeped myself in it, but I was always honest with the people I talked to who were practicing it.

  Club Random Podcast

• The rest were older people steeped in knowledge of the land and Navajo culture.

  Academic text (1993)

• For centuries, the American imagination has been steeped in the Hebrew Scriptures.

  Academic text (2008)

• Born in 1942, Aido grew up steeped in African traditions, but also received a Western education.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You're steeped in history.

  Interiors (1978)

• He was a religious fanatic, totally steeped in the Bible, steeped in the Old Testament.

  Robinson Erhardt

• Jean Monnet was steeped in the French bureaucratic big-state tradition.

  Brexit: The Movie (2016)

Synonyms

P

to plunge

vsto steep

119 4.2

To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity

engages fully over time rather than beginning with sudden, forceful action

I

to immerse

vsto steep

64 4.8

Make someone fully involved in an activity or interest

chooses sustained personal commitment rather than being made involved

I

to immerse in

vsto steep

52 4.2

To become fully involved in an activity or subject

commits personal time and focus fully rather than just entering an environment

A

to absorb

vsto steep

45 3.1

To give all your attention to something

commits deeply and completely rather than only having attention captured

S

to soak up

vsto steep

• Informal

36 3.9

To take in and enjoy the atmosphere or information

commits personal energy and focus rather than passively taking things in

E

to engross

vsto steep

1 5.8

To hold someone's full attention

devotes oneself actively rather than being passively occupied by something

Antonyms

D

to disengage

51 5.3

To stop being part of or connected to something

D

to detach

9 4.0

To come apart from something it is connected to

Compounds

S

steep discount

2 2.5

A much lower price than usual on an item

S

steep switchback

• US

1 7.1

A sharp bend in a road on a very sloping hill that helps vehicles go up or down safely

How Involved

to steep

29 5.8

to engage

804 3.4

to participate

819 2.5

to dabble

50 4.8

Surface Forms

Etymology