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noun

Slope n.

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. " buildings the summit and slope of a hill." "Under the slopes of Pisgah."

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity.

Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.

verb

Slope v. t. (past & past part. sloped; pres. part. sloping) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

Slope v. i.

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

To depart; to disappear suddenly. (Slang)

adjective

Slope adj. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." "A bank not steep, but gently slope."

adverb

Slope adv. In a sloping manner. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Slope'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Slope" Quotes from Famous Books

... deep canon, christened "Bowdoin Canon," between precipitous walls of archeac rock from six hundred to eight hundred feet high. This canon was afterward found to be about twenty-five miles long and winding in its course. In but few places is the slope such as to permit a descent to the river bank proper, and the canon is so narrow, and the walls of such perpendicular character, as to make the river invisible from a short distance. It might truly be said that the discovery of this canon, ...

— Bowdoin Boys in Labrador • Jonathan Prince (Jr.) Cilley

... that's right, Tommy, that's right," said old John, with a nod of strong approval, "I've always thought that the weak point in the old light'ouses was want of weight. On such a slope of a foundation, you know, it requires great weight to prevent the seas washin' ...

— The Story of the Rock • R.M. Ballantyne

... returned. Afterward the stranger presumably did likewise, spending a decent interval in the smoker. Darkness fell, and the Limited thundered on westward across the plains to the country of the foothills, the mountain ranges, and its goal at the thither end of the Pacific slope. ...

— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm

... used as a Christian church. The Temple of Apollo Palatinus, built by Augustus, was on the Palatine Hill. It contained a library, which was founded by Augustus. The Temple of Aesculapius was on an island in the Tiber; that of Concordia, on the slope of the Capitoline Hill, was dedicated in 377 B.C., and restored by Tiberius. The Temple of Janus was an arched passage east of the Forum, the gates of which were open during war. Up to the time of Ovid the gates had been ...

— History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD • Robert F. Pennell

... the trail, staying a little off it, studying tracks and droppings, noticing evidences of browsing on the shrubs—mostly old—pausing to examine tufts of hair and an occasional feather. Halfway down the slope he flushed a bird about ...

— Cat and Mouse • Ralph Williams

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