[syn: slope, incline, pitch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slope \Slope\, adv.
In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sloping.]
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slope \Slope\, v. i.
1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the
plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
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2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slope \Slope\, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE.
slipen. See Slip, v. i.]
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.
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2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of
the horizon.
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buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
--Macaulay.
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Under the slopes of Pisgah. --Deut. iv.
49. (Rev.
Ver.).
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3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining
to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity;
considered as ascending, an acclivity.
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Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as,
parallel planes have the same slope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slope \Slope\, a.
Sloping. "Down the slope hills." --Milton.
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A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slope
n 1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
[syn: slope, incline, side]
2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from
the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: gradient,
slope]
v 1: be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope,
incline, pitch]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "slope":
acclivity, angle, angularity, ascend, ascent, bank, bend, bevel,
bezel, camber, cant, careen, chute, climb, decline, declivity,
deflection, descend, descent, deviation, dip, downgrade, drop,
drop off, easy slope, fall, fall away, fall off, fleam,
gentle slope, glacis, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient,
hanging gardens, heel, helicline, hill, hillside, inclination,
incline, inclined plane, keel, launching ramp, lean, leaning,
leaning tower, list, mount, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, rake,
ramp, recline, retreat, rise, scarp, shelve, shelving beach, side,
sidle, sink, skew, slant, steep slope, stiff climb, swag, sway,
talus, tilt, tip, tower of Pisa, upgrade, uprise
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Slope -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 767
Housing Units (2000): 451
Land area (2000): 1217.939586 sq. miles (3154.448913 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.282691 sq. miles (3.322154 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1219.222277 sq. miles (3157.771067 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.428212 N, 103.439994 W
Headwords:
Slope
Slope, ND
Slope County
Slope County, ND