slope

Plural: slopes

Noun

• an elevated geological formation
  • "he climbed the steep slope"
• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
• An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
• The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
• The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
• The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
• 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).
• A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Verb

Verb Forms: sloped, sloping, slopes

• To incline or slant, especially away from a horizontal or vertical line.
• be at an angle
  • "The terrain sloped down"
• To tend steadily upward or downward.
• To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
• To try to move surreptitiously.
• To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

Adj

• Sloping.

Adv

• slopingly

Examples

• a steep slope
• I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
• I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
• The diagonal word seemed to slope across the Words With Friends board, creating many new hooks.
• The order was given to "slope arms".
• The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
• The road slopes sharply down at that point.
• The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
• The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
• The slope of this line is 0.5
• to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment

Synonyms

gradient, incline, pitch, side, Chinaman, Chink, bank, cant, elevation, embankment, first derivative, grade, hill, slope

Related Words

acclivous, gentle, horizontal, inclined, precipitous, sheer, slanted, sloped, steep, tilted, vertical

Anagrams of slope