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| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
| Synonyms: | bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
| Notes: | a gentle slope is a glacis; a precipitous slope is a steep |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme in direction, course |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arduous, breakneck, elevated, erect, headlong, high, hilly, lofty, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, raised, sharp, sheer, declivitous, lifted, prerupt, straight-up |
| Antonyms: | gentle, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very expensive |
| Synonyms: | excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, high, immoderate, inordinate, stiff, towering, uncalled-for, undue, unreasonable, dizzying, overpriced, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, moderate |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet, imbathe |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, devil, doctor*, fix, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke*, parch, percolate, poach, reduce, roast, ruin*, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, French fry, braise, decoct, deep fry, escallop, fricassee, panfry, parboil, pressure-cook, sauté, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, steep, submerge, wet, blow out, squench, submerse |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem, imbrue |
| Antonyms: | dry, parch |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
| Synonyms: | abstract, artificial, distorted, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, histrionic, impossible, inflated, melodramatic, overblown, overdone, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, tall, too much*, unrealistic, a bit thick, amplified, bouncing, caricatural, embroidered, fabricated, hammy, highly colored, hyperbolic, magnified, out of proportion, overestimated, overkill, schmaltzy, stylized, too-too |
| Antonyms: | reduced, unembellished, depreciated, minimized, played down, understated, unexaggerated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, prodigal, profligate, redundant, self-indulgent, steep, stiff, super, superfluous, supernatural, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, way out, dizzying, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, recrementitious, sky-high, stratospheric, superabundant, too many, unbounded, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |
| Main Entry: | exorbitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight, outrageous, over one's head, overboard, overmuch, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-priced |
| Synonyms: | costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery, holdup*, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, plush, posh, rich, ritzy*, steep*, stiff*, unreasonable, valuable, an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, overpriced, pretty penny, pricey, sky-high, swank, too high, uneconomical, upscale |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | hilly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy |
| Synonyms: | craggy, elevated, mountainous, rangy, rocky, rolling, rugged, sloping, steep, undulating, uneven |
| Main Entry: | imbue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, saturate |
| Synonyms: | bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse, infix |
| Antonyms: | drain, take out |
| Main Entry: | immoderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extreme |
| Synonyms: | egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, profligate, steep, too much*, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for*, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton, dizzying, overindulgent, too-too, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, reasonable, restrained, justified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impregnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, fill; make pregnant |
| Synonyms: | charge, conceive, drench, fertilize, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overflow, percolate, permeate, pervade, procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, fecundate, imbrue, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | deplete, take out |
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
| Synonyms: | animate, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse, breathe into |
| Main Entry: | marinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soak |
| Synonyms: | bathe, brine, immerse, pickle, season, souse, steep, marinade |
| Main Entry: | mash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smash, squash |
| Synonyms: | brew, bruise, chew, crush, grind, hash, infuse, macerate, masticate, pound, press, pulp, pulverize, push, reduce, scrunch, squeeze, squish, steep, triturate, decoct, mush up |
| Main Entry: | moisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
| Synonyms: | bathe, dampen, dip, drench, lick, mist, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, wet, bedew, humidify, moisturize, rain on, sog, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dry |
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