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1 steep
• rinne• jyrkkä• jyrkänne• hautua• törmä• töyräs• upottaa• pysty• kastaa• liottaa• liota• penkere• penger• penkka• äyräs• äkkijyrkkä• äkkisyvätechnology• kyllästää• lape• luiska* * *I sti:p adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.) jyrkkä2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!) kohtuuton•- steeply II sti:p(to soak thoroughly.) -
2 steep learning curve
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3 steep precipice
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4 alum steep
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5 become steep
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6 ski jump
• hyppyri• mäenlasku* * *1) (a competition between skiers to see who will jump furthest off a steep slope.)2) (a steep snow-covered slope before a sharp drop, to help skiers leap into the air.) -
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• nouseminen• nousu• ilmaannousu• vastamäki• mäki• ylämäki* * *-t1) (the act of climbing or going up: The ascent of Mount Everest.) nousu2) (a slope upwards: a steep ascent.) rinne -
8 brink
• törmä• reuna• reunus• parras• äyräs• laita* * *briŋk(the edge or border of a steep, dangerous place or of a river.) parras -
9 canyon
• rotkolaakso• kanjoni• kuru* * *'kænjən(a deep valley between high steep banks, usually containing a river: the Grand Canyon.) kanjoni -
10 cliff
• törmä• rantakallio• rantatörmä• kallionseinämä• kallioranta• kallio* * *klif(a high steep rock, especially one facing the sea.) kallio, kallioseinämä -
11 crag
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12 descent
• rinne• aleneminen• alkuperä• alamäki• alastulo• vajoaminen• polveutuminen• pudotus• putous• periytyminen• sukuperä• syntyperä• äkillinen hyökkäysfinance, business, economy• lasku• laskeutumaaviation• laskeutuminen• laskeutuminen• laskeminen* * *-t1) (the act of descending: The descent of the hill was quickly completed.) laskeutuminen2) (a slope: That is a steep descent.) rinne3) (family; ancestry: She is of royal descent.) syntyperä -
13 hill
• töyräs• vaara• töyry• vuori• keko• kankare• harjanne• mäki• mäennyppylä• selänne• ylänne• kumpare• kumpu• kunnas• kukkula* * *hil1) (noun a piece of high land, smaller than a mountain: We went for a walk in the hills yesterday.) kukkula2) (a slope on a road: This car has difficulty going up steep hills.)•- hillock- hilly
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14 labour
• ihmistyövoima• työ• työvoima• heilua• hikoilla• huhkia• aherrus• ahertaa• ahkeroida• urakoida• uurastaa• ponnistus• raataa• puurtaa• rehkiä• synnytyspoltot• synnytys• pingottaa* * *'leibə 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) työ2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) työvoima3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) synnytyspoltot4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) työväenpuolue2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) ahertaa2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) kulkea vaivalloisesti•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
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- labour dispute
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15 on all fours
• nelinkontin* * *(on hands and knees: He went up the steep path on all fours.) nelinkontin -
16 precipice
• jyrkänne• jyrkkä• ahde• törmä• töyräs• töyry• kalliojyrkänne• penger• äkkijyrkänne* * *'presipis(a steep cliff.) jyrkänne -
17 precipitous
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18 rolling
• rullaus• jylinä• vinokallistus• valssaustechnology• valssilaitos• vyöry• pärinä* * *adjective ((of a landscape) having low hills and shallow valleys, without steep slopes.) kumpuileva -
19 sheer
• paljas• jyrkkä• silkka• aito• absoluuttinen• puhdas• pystysuora• kohtisuora• mutkitella• pelkkä• selvä• sekoittumaton• läpikuultava• sula• suoraan• äkkijyrkkä• poiketa suunnasta* * *I 1. ʃiə adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.)2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.)3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.)2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.)II ʃiə -
20 skid
• nylkeä• jalas• jarru• juontaa• heittelehtiä• huiputtaa• sivuluisu• liirtää• liirto• liukua• kuoria• luisto• luisua• luisuminen• luisu* * *skid 1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) luisua2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) liirto2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) jarrukiila
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steep — [stiːp] adjective 1. steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive: • Consumers are paying relatively steep prices for dairy products. • Anyone caught fiddling their expenses will face steep fines. 2. a steep increase or rise in something is… … Financial and business terms
Steep — Steep, a. [Compar. {Steeper} ( [ e]r); superl. {Steepest}.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste[ a]p; akin to Icel. steyp[eth]r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. {Stoop}, v. i., {Steep}, v. t., {Steeple}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… … English World dictionary
Steep — Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st[ o]pa to cast, to steep, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steep — adj Steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. The words are here arranged in ascending order of degree of perpendicularity. Steep implies so sharp a slope or pitch that ascent or descent is difficult… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Steep — (st[=e]p), a. Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Steep-up — ( [u^]p ), a. Lofty and precipitous. [R.] [1913 Webster] Her stand she takes upon a steep up hill. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Steep — is a village in central Hampshire, England just outside the town of Petersfield. Since 1899 it has been the location of Bedales School, a progressive public school. The poets Edward Thomas (from 1906) and Robert Frost (briefly) lived in the… … Wikipedia
steep — [adj1] extreme in direction, course abrupt, arduous, breakneck, declivitous, elevated, erect, headlong, high, hilly, lifted, lofty, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, prerupt, raised, sharp, sheer, straight up; concept 581 Ant. gentle, mild … New thesaurus
steep — Ⅰ. steep [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular. 2) (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid. 3) informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive. 4) informal (of a claim or account) exaggerated. ► … English terms dictionary
steep|en — «steemh>puhn», intransitive verb. to become steep or steeper. –v.t. to make steep or steeper … Useful english dictionary
