Past tense of steep

Forms of steep

Steeped in a sentence

• A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123
• a town steeped in history
• The meal should be taken with milky "builder's tea" steeped strong in the mug.2008, William Morrow, Beef: The untold story of how milk, meat and muscle shaped the world, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry builder's tea
• Steeped cucumber ratafia with Pimm's and Sprite is garnished with a squash blossom at T'afia in Houston.2007 August 29, Pete Wells, “Bottling the Bounty of the Season”, in New York Times. From the entry ratafia
• Steeped cucumber ratafia with Pimm’s and Sprite is garnished with a squash blossom at T’afia in Houston.2007 August 29, Pete Wells, “Bottling the Bounty of the Season”, in The New York Times. From the entry Pimm's

Meaning of steep

1. adjective Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
2. adjective Expensive.
3. adjective Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

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Questions about the past tense of steep

What is the past tense of steep?

The past tense of steep is steeped.

What is the past participle of steep?

The past participle of steep is steeped.

Is steep a regular or irregular verb?

Steep is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.