Slope Definition
slōp
sloped, slopes, sloping
verb
sloped, slopes, sloping
To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant.
Webster's New World
To cause to slope.
Webster's New World
To go or move (off, away, etc.), esp. in a leisurely or furtive way.
Webster's New World
To move or walk.
American Heritage
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
To slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
Wiktionary
noun
slopes
A piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground; specif., a portion of the side of a hill or mountain.
A ski slope.
Webster's New World
Any inclined line, surface, position, etc.; slant.
Webster's New World
A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.
Ski slopes.
American Heritage
Deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
Webster's New World
The amount or degree of this.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
That slopes; slanting; inclined.
Webster's New World
John Milton (1608-1674)
Down the slope hills.
Wiktionary
adverb
(obsolete) Slopingly.
Wiktionary
idiom
the slopes
- an area used or reserved for downhill skiing
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Slope
- the slopes
Origin of Slope
Probably from Middle English aslope sloping
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From aslope (a & adv).
From Wiktionary
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