to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward.
verb (used with object),sloped,slop·ing.
to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams.
to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment.
noun
ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
inclination or slant, especially downward or upward.
deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
an inclined surface.
Usually slopes.hills, especially foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Mathematics.
the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of East Asian origin, especially a Vietnamese or other South Asian.
Idioms for slope
slope off, Chiefly BritishSlang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
Origin of slope
First recorded in 1495–1505; aphetic variant of aslope; akin to slip1
synonym study for slope
1. Slope,slant mean to incline away from a relatively straight surface or line used as a reference. To slope is to incline vertically in an oblique direction: The ground slopes ( upward or downward ) sharply here.To slant is to fall to one side, to lie obliquely to some line whether horizontal or perpendicular: The road slants off to the right.
If slopes are steep enough and the soil erodible, these flows can become massive.
California wildfires may give way to massive mudslides|Ula Chrobak|September 17, 2020|Popular Science
According to Hindenburg, the video in fact showed the truck rolling down a long, gentle slope.
Nikola, which went public via a SPAC, is accused of deception|Lucinda Shen|September 11, 2020|Fortune
The combined motions allowed the rover to scoot forward — at least for shallow slopes.
Wiggly wheels might help rovers plow through loose lunar soils|Maria Temming|June 26, 2020|Science News For Students
I want to suggest that when you’re in the beginning of life — and this is what I think might account for the downward slope in happiness until you reach your late 40s — you are striving, you are trying to attain goals maybe that you’re not reaching.
Introducing “No Stupid Questions” (Ep. 422)|Stephen J. Dubner|June 18, 2020|Freakonomics
As dusk approaches, a fog creeps up the slope of the mountain and swallows the sprawling city below—just like Pablo promised.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They buried a stockpile of rifles and machine guns on a slope just above the building that was to house the inmates.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The current had been wearing away the bottom of the slope, making a slide inevitable, said authors Daniel and Lynn Rodgers Miller.
Rescue Efforts Were Delayed Following Deadly Landslide in Washington|Stacey Solie|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He nudged with a foot at a busted-out bucket, moving easier now, down the slope—more old gear in the grass.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fifteen minutes after leaving the town, he told us to park our Land Cruiser at the base of a slope and ascend by foot.