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1. (v.i.) slope
to have an inclined or oblique direction or angle, esp. with reference to a horizontal plane; slant.
2. slope
to move at an inclination or obliquely.
3. (v.t.) slope
to cause to incline from the horizontal or vertical.
4. slope
to form with a slope.
5. (n.) slope
ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
6. slope
inclination or slant, esp. downward or upward.
7. slope
the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
8. slope
an inclined surface.
9. slope
Usu., slopes. hills, esp. foothills.
10. slope
Math.
11. slope
the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
12. slope
the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
13. slope
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to an East Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.)
Etymology: (1495–1505; appar. <aslope)
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| Definition of 'slope' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) slope, incline, side
an elevated geological formation
"he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
2. (verb) gradient, slope
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
"a five-degree gradient"
3. (verb) slope, incline, pitch
be at an angle
"The terrain sloped down"
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1. (noun) slope
a piece of ground that is at an angle
a house built on a slope; They skied down the slope.
2. slope
the amount of the angle of a slope
a 25; º slope
3. (verb) slope
(of a piece of ground) to lie at an angle
a path sloping down to the ocean
4. slope
to not be perfectly vertical
his sloping handwriting
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| Definition of 'slope' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) slope
sloping
2. (adverb) slope
in a sloping manner
3. (verb) slope
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
4. (verb) slope
any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon
5. (verb) slope
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
6. (verb) slope
to take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes
7. (verb) slope
to depart; to disappear suddenly
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Sense: a position or direction that is neither level nor upright; an upward or downward slant
The floor is on a slight slope.
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 Afrikaans: helling |
 Arabic: إنْحِدار |
 Bulgarian: наклон |
 Brazilian: inclinação |
 Czech: sklon |
 German: die Neigung |
 Danish: hældning |
 Greek: κλίση |
 Spanish: cuesta, pendiente |
 Estonian: kalduolek |
 Farsi: شيب |
 Finnish: vietto |
 French: pente |
 Hebrew: שִׁיפּוּעַ |
 Hindi: चढ़ाई |
 Croatian: nagib, kos položaj |
 Hungarian: lejtő(s út) |
 Indonesian: kemiringan |
 Icelandic: halli |
 Italian: pendenza |
 Japanese: 傾斜 |
 Korean: 경사 |
 Lithuanian: nuolydis, nuožulnumas |
 Latvian: slīpums; slīpne |
 Malay: kemiringan |
 Dutch: helling |
 Norwegian: fall, helling |
 Polish: pochyłość |
 Persian: شيب |
 Pashto: مخ ځوړ: ډډه (لكه دغره) اړ |
 Portuguese: inclinação |
 Romanian: pantă |
 Russian: уклон, покатость |
 Slovak: sklon |
 Slovenian: nagnjenost |
 Serbian: nagib |
 Swedish: lutning |
 Thai: พื้นที่ลาดเอียง |
 Turkish: bayır, yokuş |
 Taiwanese: 傾斜 |
 Ukrainian: нахил, схил |
 Urdu: ڈھلان |
 Vietnamese: độ dốc, đường dốc |
 Chinese: 倾斜 |
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