to steepen

Examples

• All

• The seas steepened further.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Darkness came and the sea steepened; the Fearless cupped deeply into westerly swells, and Bob had to stay behind the wheel.

  Fiction book (1996)

• To do this, move the mouse over the snow to identify where it 'lives' on the curve, then steepen the curve in that region.

  Academic text (2009)

• The trail made a sudden twist to the left and steepened sharply.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The path steepened; it was narrow with deep ruts.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Then the trail steepened into a rocky uphill.

  Fiction book (1997)

• When the grade steepened dramatically, Joanna shifted into her granny gear for the rest of the climb.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The river was steepening here but not yet too steep for the local milkman to make his delivery run down the rapids without spilling a drop.

  Ocean to Sky (2019)

• Once again, the rigging iced up; the radio reported steepening seas and a fifty-five-knot gale.

  Fiction book (1996)

• As we climbed higher, the trail began to steepen, making it harder to walk.

Antonyms

L

to level

98 3.7

To make land or a building flat with the ground

F

to flatten

86 2.6

Make something flat and smooth by pressing it

How Steep

to steepen

1 5.8

to incline

2 3.9

to tilt

124 2.0

to level

98 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology