Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: steeped
IPA transcription: [st'ipt]
Usage examples
  • And we walked miles upon miles out Birmingham way; but it was no use, the country was steeped in oil.
  • Fyodor Pavlovitch had much to think of, but never had his heart been steeped in such voluptuous hopes.
  • I have also taken to smoke the leaves of the nux vomica, steeped in arrack, and think it agrees with me.
  • The blossoms of the Balm of Gilead, steeped with fair water in a vessel, then strained, will dye silk a pretty red color.
  • The incombustible pieces of dress which he uses for the body, arms, and legs, are formed out of strong cloth, which has been steeped in a solution of alum, while those for the head, hands, and feet, are made of cloth of asbestos or amianthus.