Thesaurus: slope

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. i. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
3. a. Sloping.
4. adv. In a sloping manner.
5. v. t. 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.
6. v. i. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
7. v. i. To depart; to disappear suddenly.
8. n. an elevated geological formation
9. n. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
10. v. be at an angle
11. 1. 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. 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay. Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.). 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. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton. A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon. In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton. 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. 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
12. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.