slope Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an elevated geological formation
    incline; side.
    • he climbed the steep slope
    • the house was built on the side of a mountain
  2. noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
    gradient.
    • a five-degree gradient
  3. verb be at an angle
    incline; pitch.
    • The terrain sloped down

WordNet

Slope noun
Etymology
Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
    buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay.
    Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
    ✍ A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity.
Slope adjective
Definitions
  1. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.
    A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
Slope adverb
Definitions
  1. In a sloping manner. Obs. Milton.
Slope transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sloped ; present participle & verbal noun Sloping
Definitions
  1. 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.
Slope intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
  2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. Slang

Webster 1913