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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an elevated geological formation;
- Example: "he climbed the steep slope"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "a five-degree gradient"
[syn: gradient, slope]


VERB (1)

1. be at an angle;
- Example: "The terrain sloped down"
[syn: slope, incline, pitch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slope \Slope\, adv. In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. [1913 Webster] buildings the summit and slope of a hill. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Under the slopes of Pisgah. --Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] 3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. [1913 Webster] Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slope \Slope\, a. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." --Milton. [1913 Webster] A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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]