slope
to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward.
to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams.
to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment.
ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
inclination or slant, especially downward or upward.
deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
an inclined surface.
Usually slopes. hills, especially foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Mathematics.
the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of East Asian origin, especially a Vietnamese or other South Asian.
Idioms about slope
slope off, Chiefly British Slang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
Origin of slope
1synonym study For slope
usage note For slope
Other words from slope
- slop·ing·ly, adverb
- slop·ing·ness, noun
- un·sloped, adjective
- un·slop·ing, adjective
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How to use slope in a sentence
According to a press release issued by the local police station, Huser probably lost her footing while trying to cross a stream on a slope beneath the Alpin Express gondola and fell an estimated 450 feet.
Trail Runner Andrea Huser Dies After Fall in the Alps | Martin Fritz Huber | December 3, 2020 | Outside OnlineInvestigators believe the shooting happened in the 5700 of Southern Avenue, a hilly slope of a residential area near the intersection of Central Avenue.
Toddler fatally shot while riding in a car in SE Washington, police said. | Clarence Williams | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s a $5 billion, 3 million-square-foot shopping and entertainment complex in East Rutherford featuring an indoor ski slope, an ice-skating rink, and a Nickelodeon-branded amusement park.
The death of the department store and the American middle class | Jason Del Rey | November 30, 2020 | VoxAlso, many resorts allow uphill traffic outside of normal lift operating hours, so you can avoid crowded slopes and squeeze in a lap or two before or after your workday.
If you want to rip fresh corduroy on a bike, Colorado’s Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association grooms 22 miles of slopes and the Crested Butte Nordic Center has six miles of trails on local easements for fat biking.
Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe low mountains sloped up easily from the dirt and the Columbia River rolled in and out of site to the north of the highway.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNone of his detractors or supporters will have sloped across to the other side because of the contents of this book.
He was a narrow-headed man with frail-looking sloped shoulders and a thin triangle of face.
It sloped inward and downward into a wider opening that was almost like a small chamber in its dimensions.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThe house was situated upon a hill that sloped gradually down to the shore of a lake.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumWooded hills sloped up from the station, while westward was a vast panorama of hill and dale.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingA 86 porch had been added to the cabin and the roof sloped away from the window where she stood.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair Blank
British Dictionary definitions for slope
/ (sləʊp) /
to lie or cause to lie at a slanting or oblique angle
(intr) (esp of natural features) to follow an inclined course: many paths sloped down the hillside
(intr; foll by off, away, etc) to go furtively
(tr) military (formerly) to hold (a rifle) in the slope position (esp in the command slope arms)
an inclined portion of ground
(plural) hills or foothills
any inclined surface or line
the degree or amount of such inclination
maths
(of a line) the tangent of the angle between the line and another line parallel to the x- axis
the first derivative of the equation of a curve at a given point
(formerly) the position adopted for British military drill when the rifle is rested on the shoulder
US slang, derogatory a person from Southeast Asia, especially a Vietnamese
Origin of slope
1Derived forms of slope
- sloper, noun
- sloping, adjective
- slopingly, adverb
- slopingness, noun
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