Slope meaning
The definition of slope is to slant up or down, or to put something into a position where it slants up or down.
When a line goes from high to low, this is an example of slope.
verb
To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline.
A roof that slopes.
verb
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.
An example of slope is the amount by which a surface veers downward.
noun
To move or walk.
verb
To cause to slope.
Sloped the path down the bank.
verb
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An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
noun
A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.
Ski slopes.
noun
Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
noun
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.
noun
Any inclined line, surface, position, etc.; slant.
noun
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A native of East Asia, often, specif., of Vietnam.
noun
The land area that drains into a given ocean.
noun
To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant.
verb
To go or move (off, away, etc.), esp. in a leisurely or furtive way.
verb
To cause to slope.
verb
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That slopes; slanting; inclined.
adjective
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
noun
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
noun
(mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
The slope of this line is 0.5
noun
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(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
noun
The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
noun
(vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
noun
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
The road slopes sharply down at that point.
verb
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.
verb
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(colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
verb
(military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
The order was given to "slope arms".
verb
John Milton (1608-1674)
Down the slope hills.
adjective
the slopes
- An area used or reserved for downhill skiing.
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
the slopes
Origin of slope
- Probably from Middle English aslope sloping
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From aslope (a & adv).
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