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steep side
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  • steep — adj Steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. The words are here arranged in ascending order of degree of perpendicularity. Steep implies so sharp a slope or pitch that ascent or descent is difficult… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Steep — Steep, n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. Dryden. [1913 Webster] We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • side|ling — «SYD lihng», adverb, adjective. –adv. with a sideward movement; sideways; obliquely. –adj. 1. moving sideways; oblique: »a sideling motion, a sideling blow. 2. sloping; steep: »a sideling hill …   Useful english dictionary

  • side — side1 W1S1 [saıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of an area)¦ 2¦(next to)¦ 3¦(of a building/object/vehicle etc)¦ 4¦(edge)¦ 5¦(of a thin object)¦ 6¦(part of your body)¦ 7¦(shape)¦ 8¦(mountain/valley)¦ 9¦(page)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • side — 1 /saId/ noun (C) PLACE/AREA/POSITION 1 PART OF AN AREA one of the two areas that are on either the left or the right of an imaginary line, or on either the left or the right of a border, wall, river etc: Drive on the left hand side of the road.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • side — [[t]sa͟ɪd[/t]] ♦ sides, siding, sided 1) N COUNT: usu prep N of n The side of something is a position to the left or right of it, rather than in front of it, behind it, or on it. On one side of the main entrance there s a red plaque. ...a… …   English dictionary

  • steep-to — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: steep (I) + to, adverb : precipitous; especially : sloping almost perpendicularly downward used especially of a shore or shoal the north side of the cape is steep to U.S. Coast Pilot: West Indies …   Useful english dictionary

  • side — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, actor, adjoin, affectation, affiliation, aggressive self confidence, air line, airs, ancillary, angle, angle of vision, antagonist, antihero, apparentation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • side —  long ; my coat is very side ; i. e. very long. Also proud, steep. From the Saxon, SIDE, BID, or the Danish, SIDE, signifying long …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • side slip — Skid Skid (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[=i][eth] a billet of wood. See {Shide}.] [Written also {skeed}.] 1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • South Side (Pittsburgh) — Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood name = Southside Flats caption = Common South Side housing locator population2000 = latd = longd = area sqmi =Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood name = Southside Slopes caption = locator caption = locator… …   Wikipedia

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