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Meaning of 'slope' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slope [ a.]
- Sloping.
2 . Slope [ adv.]
- In a sloping manner.
3 . Slope [ 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.
- Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
- 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.
4 . Slope [ 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.

Meaning of 'slope' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slope [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Example in sentence:
  • a five-degree gradient
Meaning (2):
- an elevated geological formation
Example in sentence:
  • he climbed the steep slope;
  • the house was built on the side of a mountain
3 . slope [ v]
Meaning (3):
- be at an angle
Example in sentence:
  • The terrain sloped down

Nearby Words:

sloakan sloam sloat slobber slobberer slobbery slock slocken slocking sloe

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