steepenverb
uk/ˈstiː.pən/us/ˈstiː.pən/[ I or T ] to become steeper, or to make something do this:
The trail began to steepen near the top of the hill.
[ I ] If something such as a cost steepens, it increases:
Our costs have steepened since we began this project.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- oblique
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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