Other Definitions slope (enc)
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Slope| Noun | 1. | slope - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"bank - sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" camber, cant, bank - a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force coast - a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course" escarpment, scarp - a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion mountainside, versant - the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" | | | 2. | slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"grade - the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade" rake, slant, pitch - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" | | | Verb | 1. | slope - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"ascend - slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" stoop - sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path" fall - slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" climb - slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" dip - slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river" lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" | |
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