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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steep.

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Examples

  • Take your 6 ounces of water or ¾ of a cup and put your infuser in it … Cover it so it "steeps".

    Hey, It's Free! Shaynon 2008

  • Corey Arnold for The Wall Street Journal Beakers and pH meters BLENDING THE PERFECT CUP MEASURE CAREFULLY | When he is making bottled tea blends, Steven Smith first steeps the tea and then combines the various liquids in beakers to get the desired flavor, aroma and color.

    The All-Star Alchemist of Top-Shelf Tea Nancy Keates 2011

  • Cover and refrigerate overnight or for at least 6 hours (the longer it steeps, the more deeply purple it becomes).

    Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010

  • Cover and refrigerate overnight or for at least 6 hours (the longer it steeps, the more deeply purple it becomes).

    Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010

  • Back at the farm-house, Daylight mounted and rode on away from the ranch and into the wilder canons and steeper steeps beyond.

    Chapter VIII 2010

  • February 19th, 2010 at 8: 51 pm just the bleepn facts says: obama took down the entire gop without a teleprompter, but kkkunt steeps whining the same old tired bullsh!

    Think Progress » Profit-Seeking Palin Reportedly Rips CPAC As A Profiteering Convention 2010

  • Juan Jose Cobo (Geox-TMC) climbed to the overall lead in the Vuelta a España on Sunday, conquering the decisive Angliru stage and leaving red jersey Bradley Wiggins (Sky) struggling on the steeps.

    Juan Jose Cobo wins Angliru, takes lead in 2011 Vuelta a España 2011

  • Kevin Sintumuang/The Wall Street Journal After the liquid steeps for about 45 seconds, the flame is removed and the infused drink falls back into the lower part of the vacuum.

    Cocktail Science 2011

  • Cut thro dwarf woods, hard labouring up the steeps

    The Lake of Geneva 2010

  • Kitchen trick: At cocktail bar PDT in New York, bartender Jim Meehan steeps sencha in cachaça to create the base for a tart, floral Brazilian tea punch spiked with lemongrass syrup and lime.

    Tea's Got a Brand New Bag 2011

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