It means to 'brew' the tea, or to allow time for the tea leaves to release their flavour into the hot water.
Dangerously high or steep.
Closely spaced contour lines mean that the slope is steep.
No they are not steep
sudden and unexpected or brief to the point of rudeness or steep; precipitous
A deep valley with steep sides would be called a gorge or canyon.
Steep is not a verb, it's an adjective. Steep (as an adj.) means deep. Steep can be used as a verb. It means to saturate or drench in something.
Of mountains.Highcountry or terrain that is steep and rugged.
Dangerously high or steep.
To be more steep. We say "a steep slope" meaning the slope rises at a sharp angle, that is difficult to climb. A wall is steep because it goes straight up.
A scarp is a very steep hill or bank. It can also mean to form a hill or bank so that it becomes steep.
Steep means slanted upward or downward sharply, like the line / has a steep increasing vertical angle. See?
Steep overnight typically means you allow the item to sit overnight. For example, most herbal teas that are homemade are required to steep overnight. When steeping, it allows the flavor to come out.
Cremnophobia - fear of precipices, steep cliffs
a medium elevation of a steep slope
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Steep has a couple of definitions. A hill is steep when it has a pronounced incline. Steep also means to soak in liquid to extract flavor or to soften. When we steep tea in a tea pot, we take the infusor, which is full of the tea leaves, and put it into the hot water. It will steep there for several minutes to permit the water to extract the flavor from the tea so we may drink it.
Closely spaced contour lines mean that the slope is steep.