steep sth/sb in sth
— phrasal verb with steep uk/stiːp/us/stiːp/verb [ I or T ]
If something or someone is steeped in something, they are completely surrounded by or involved in it, or know a lot about it:
The college is steeped in history/tradition.
These ancient scholars were steeped in poetry and painting, as well as maths and astronomy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
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