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To become steep or steeper.

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  1. v. i. To become steep or steeper.
  2. v. become steeper
  3. v. make steeper
  4. To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. H. Miller.
  5. To become steep or steeper.As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hillsome traces of the old path. H. Miller.
  6. v:100 v. become steeper v. make steeper