English Explanatory Dictionary

slope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
  2. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
  3. The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
  4. The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
  5. 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).
  6. A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
  7. A hasty departure.
verb
  1. To tend steadily upward or downward.
  2. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
  3. To try to move surreptitiously.
  4. 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
  1. Sloping.
adv
  1. slopingly

Pronunciation

/sloʊp/ /sləʊp/ en-us-slope.ogg

Word forms

slope slopes sloping sloped more slope most slope

Etymology

From aslope (adjective, adverb).

Synonyms

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

Related words

horizontal gentle inclined slanted sloped tilted acclivous steep sheer precipitous vertical

Derived words

backslope beginner slope bunny slope continental slope counterslope downslope footslope foreslope glide slope hillslope interslope low-slope roof midslope mountainslope North Slope Borough nursery slope palaeoslope paleoslope postslope recurrent slope linea roadslope sideslope ski slope ski-slope nose ski slope nose slippery slope slope bunny Slope County slope dragonet slope field slopehead slopelike slopeness slope off sloper slopeside slopestyle slopewash slopeways slopewise sloping slopy South Western Slopes South West Slopes steep-slope roof The Slopes toeslope underslope upslope
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