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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

... raised slightly above it. In the immediate foreground a small potato patch on which the green shoots are already visible. A shallow ditch, covered with field flowers, separates the path from the fields. To the left of the path on a slope about six feet in height an old cherry tree, to the right hazelnut and whitethorn bushes. Nearly parallel with this path, but at some distance in the background, the course of a brook is marked by willows ...

— The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume II • Gerhart Hauptmann

... caw above the wood, or walk about the brown fields. I look at the gray silent trees long and long, but they show no sign. The catkins of some alders by a little pool have just swelled perceptibly; and, brushing away the dry leaves and debris on a sunny slope, I discover the liverwort just pushing up a fuzzy, tender sprout. But the waters have brought forth. The little frogs are musical. From every marsh and pool goes up their shrill but pleasing chorus. Peering into one of their haunts, a little body of semi-stagnant water, I discover masses of frogs' ...

— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs

... it. It is, as I said, an undulating district of grey sandstone, never attaining any considerable height, but having enough of the mountain spirit to throw itself into continual succession of bold slope and dale; elevated, also, just far enough above the sea to render the pine a frequent forest tree along its irregular ridges. Through this elevated tract the river cuts its way in a ravine some five or six hundred feet in depth, ...

— Frondes Agrestes - Readings in 'Modern Painters' • John Ruskin

... a long way, it seemed to Nan; then they came to a hill so steep that they were glad to drop to a walk. Their bodies steamed in a great cloud as they tugged the sleigh up the slope. Dark woods shut the road in on either hand. Nan's eyes had got used to the faint light so that she could see ...

— Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp - or, The Old Lumberman's Secret • Annie Roe Carr

... grassy lawn extending from the southern side of the building, with a gradual slope towards the sun, whose margin was watered by the clearest, bluest, gayest little singing brook in the world. This was called Miss Thusa's bleaching ground, and nature seemed to have laid it out for her especial use. There was the smooth, fresh, green sward, all ready for her to lay her silky brown ...

— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz

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