empinado — meaning in English

English meaning

• salient adj Most noticeable or important; standing out as especially relevant.
• steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.

Senses

empinado is used for these senses in English:

• salient (heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture. Gules, a reindeer salient or (arms of Vågå).
• steep Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

salient — full definition

1. adj Most noticeable or important; standing out as especially relevant.
2. noun A part of a military position, border, or structure that juts outward into enemy or neighboring territory.

steep — full definition

1. adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.
2. adj Very expensive or unreasonably high, said of a price.
3. verb To soak something in liquid, often to extract flavor.

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