STEEPEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make steeper
   Usage Example(s)
   • The landslides have steepened the mountain sides
   Hypernyms(s) steepen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
2. Meaning
   • become steeper
   Usage Example(s)
   • The mountain side has steepened
   Hypernyms(s) steepen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)