Steep Hill is a popular tourist street in the historic city of Lincoln,
At the top of the hill you will find the entrance to the Cathedral and at the bottom is Well Lane. The Hill consists of independent shops, tea rooms and pubs.
Its name is as a result of the sheer downward gradient of the hill, which is notoriously tricky to ascend and descend.
Two Norman houses lie on the street,
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hill — W2S2 [hıl] n [: Old English; Origin: hyll] 1.) an area of land that is higher than the land around it, like a mountain but smaller →↑uphill, downhill ↑downhill ▪ Their house is on a hill overlooking the sea. ▪ the top of Sidbury Hill ▪ A cart was … Dictionary of contemporary English
hill — [ hıl ] noun count *** 1. ) an area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it but smaller and lower than a mountain: a valley surrounded by wooded hills the Pentland Hills an area popular with hill walkers the top/bottom of a hill: They … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Steep — Steep, a. [Compar. {Steeper} ( [ e]r); superl. {Steepest}.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste[ a]p; akin to Icel. steyp[eth]r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. {Stoop}, v. i., {Steep}, v. t., {Steeple}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Steep (disambiguation) — Steep is a village in central Hampshire, England.Steep may also refer to:* Frederick Steep (1874 1956), Canadian amateur football (soccer) player * Steep (incline), an elementary mathematical concept * Steep (technique), a cooking technique… … Wikipedia
steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… … English World dictionary
steep — 01. I m kind of a new skier, so I don t really feel confident enough to go down a really [steep] slope. 02. The sign said, Warning [Steep] grade. Slow down and use caution. 03. The Hindu religion advises that the road to the good is the roughest… … Grammatical examples in English
hill — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high, long, tall ▪ The bus sped down the long hill. ▪ little, low, small … Collocations dictionary
hill */*/*/ — UK [hɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms hill : singular hill plural hills 1) a) an area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it but smaller and lower than a mountain a valley surrounded by wooded hills the Pentland Hills an area… … English dictionary
hill — n. 1) to come down; go up a hill 2) rolling hills; a steep hill 3) in the hills (to live in the hills) 4) on a hill (the house stood on a hill) 5) (misc.) (colloq.) to take to the hills ( to take refuge in the hills ) * * * [hɪl] a steep hill go… … Combinatory dictionary
steep — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly … Collocations dictionary
