Meanings of steepen (steepens) in English

As the route he's trying steepens, a climber yells with increasing volume.

The problem starts with a gritstone-style slab then steepens to vertical.

They walk for 10 minutes, until the trees converge and the gradient steepens.

Where the holds shrink and the terrain steepens will likely be the crux.

Parliament remains in deadlock while the slope to a cliff edge steepens, she said.

The land steepens against you, and the trees rise up to seal you in.

The terrain gradually steepens until we are actually climbing.

The climb begins auspiciously enough on low angle slab to a dihedral that steepens into a chimney.

The paucity of diversity, of women and minorities, particularly as the road steepens, helps perpetuate stereotypes and inadvertently encourages disparities.

What is also likely is that the yield curve steepens, making shorter term rates lower in relation to longer term ones.

We place a few pickets as the angle steepens; the ice screws and rock pro remain on our racks, for now.

Between ferry and bridge the river Niagara flows unruffled; but at the suspension bridge the bed steepens and the river quickens its motion.

Dad scoops me onto his shoulders and trudges up the plowed center of Massachusetts Avenue, which steepens as it winds up Observatory Hill.

Where the hill behind us curves round to face west, there's a stretch where it steepens sharply and is littered with glacial rocks.

A look up at the third (crux) pitch ties your stomach in knots: the arête steepens, and fixed gear becomes less inspiring.

Meanwhile, Nomura Securities said in a recent report that when the JGB yield curve steepens it recommends overweighting such sectors as financials and real estate.