Category:Slope

Slope, n. Etym: [formed (like abode fr. abide) from oe. slipen. See Slip, v. i.]

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.).

Note: a slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered As ascending, an acclivity. Slope of a plane (geom.), the direction Of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.

Slope Slope, a.

Defn: sloping. "down the slope hills." Milton. A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.

Slope Slope, adv.

Defn: in a sloping manner. [obs.] Milton.

Slope Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]

Defn: 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 Slope, v. i.

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]