/stiːp/
noun
The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.adjective
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.ExpensiveDifficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular