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steepling

steepling is the present participle and gerund of steeple.

Meaning of steeple

Verb

steeple (third-person singular simple present steeples, present participle steepling, simple past and past participle steepled)

  1. (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.
    • He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.

See all 6 meanings of steeple

Questions about steepling

What is steepling the present participle and gerund of?
Steepling is the present participle and gerund of steeple.

Words near steepling in the dictionary

  1. steepleless
  2. steeplelike
  3. steeples
  4. Steepleton
  5. Steepletons
  6. steepling
  7. steeply
  8. steepness
  9. steepnesses
  10. steeps
  11. steepy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steepling (page history and authors); steeple (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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