slope

The definition of slope is to slant up or down, or to put something into a position where it slants up or down.

(verb)

When a line goes from high to low, this is an example of slope.

Slope is defined as a surface where one end is higher than the other. It is also the difference in the angles of the surface.

(noun)

An example of slope is the amount by which a surface veers downward.

See slope in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground
any inclined line, surface, position, etc.; slant
1. deviation from the horizontal or vertical
2. the amount or degree of this
Slang a native of East Asia, often, specif., of Vietnam: a vulgar term of hostility and contempt
☆ the land area that drains into a given ocean
Math.
1. the trigonometric tangent of the positive angle formed between a given straight line and the x-axis of a pair of Cartesian coordinates
2. the slope of the tangent line to a given curve at a designated point

Origin: ME < aslope, sloping (mistaken as a slope) < OE aslopen, pp. of aslupan, to slip away < slupan, to glide: see sloop

intransitive verb sloped, sloping

to have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant
Chiefly Brit., Informal to go or move (off, away, etc.), esp. in a leisurely or furtive way

transitive verb

to cause to slope

adjective

Old Poet. that slopes; slanting; inclined

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See slope in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sloped sloped, slop·ing, slopes

verb, intransitive

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: a roof that slopes. See Synonyms at slant.
To move on a slant; ascend or descend: sloped down the trail.

verb, transitive

To cause to slope: sloped the path down the bank.

noun

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline: ski slopes.
a. A deviation from the horizontal.
b. The amount or degree of such deviation.
Mathematics
a. The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
b. The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from Middle English aslope, sloping

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