saving vs steep

saving

prep
  • Without disrespect to. 

  • With the exception of; except; save. 

adj
  • Preserving; rescuing. 

  • Thrifty; frugal. 

  • That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. 

  • Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful. 

  • Relating to making a saving. 

  • Making reservation or exception. 

noun
  • The action of the verb to save. 

  • A reduction in cost or expenditure. 

  • Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. 

steep

noun
  • A rennet bag. 

  • The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity. 

  • A liquid used in a steeping process 

adj
  • expensive 

  • resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular 

  • Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical. 

verb
  • To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in. 

  • To soak or wet thoroughly. 

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