I poured the boiling hot water over my teabag, and read a few pages of the new John Grisham novel as my tea steeped.

After the green tea had steeped for two minutes, it was ready to serve.

Our little town was steeped in history.

A pot of tea steeped slowly by the fire.

To steep is a verb meaning to soak in liquid, so steeped is the past tense. Steeped can also be an adjective meaning filled, saturated, permeated. Here are examples of its use:

"She steeped the herbs for 15 minutes to make her tea."

"They were overwhelmed by the thought that the castle was so steeped in centuries of history."

"The steeped tea was too strong."

This teabag was steeped in boiling hot water for about ten minutes.