Steepen

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steepen \Steep"en\ (st[=e]p"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steepened}
     (st[=e]p"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steepening}.]
     To become steep or steeper.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow


           of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steepen
       v 1: become steeper; "The mountain side has steepened"
       2: make steeper; "The landslides have steepened the mountain
          sides"