Crossword clues for steepened
steepened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow
of the hill some traces of the old path.
--H. Miller.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: steepen)
Usage examples of "steepened".
Gradually, the slope steepened, the walls of the ravine fading into the ground and they came out on the bare mountainside again.
Meanwhile he steepened his bank again, judged his sweep over Ogden would clear the IEE tower.
The trail steepened quickly after they reached me beginning peaks, and they moved through a narrow defile that opened like a pocket into the mountains.
Slow at first, the way I followed steepened abruptly after a time and led off to the northeast, then into a gentler decline.