steepen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become steeper
    • The mountain side has steepened
  2. verb make steeper
    • The landslides have steepened the mountain sides

WordNet

Steep"en intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Steepened ; present participle & verbal noun Steepening
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913