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STEEPEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they steepen ... he / she / it steepens
Past simple: steepened
Past participle: steepened
-ing form: steepening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make steeper
Example:
The landslides have steepened the mountain sides
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "steepen" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become steeper
Example:
The mountain side has steepened
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "steepen" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
