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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slope /sloʊp/USA pronunciation v., sloped, slop•ing, n. v. - to (cause to) have an inclined angle;
slant: [no object]The roof sloped sharply upward.[~ + object]The builder sloped the roof sharply upward.
n. - ground that has a natural incline, such as the side of a hill:[countable]the sharp slopes of the hills.
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- slant, esp. downward or upward.
- the amount or degree of such a slant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slope (slōp),USA pronunciation v., sloped, slop•ing, n. v.i. - 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.
v.t. - 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.
- British Terms slope off, [Chiefly Brit. Slang.] to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
n. - ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
- inclination or slant, esp. downward or upward.
- deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
- an inclined surface.
- Usually, slopes. hills, esp. 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 Terms(disparaging and offensive). an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.
- 1495–1505; aphetic variant of aslope; akin to slip1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
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