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slope off

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slope

  [slohp] verb, sloped, slop⋅ing, noun
Use slope off in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward.
–verb (used with object)
3. to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams.
4. to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment.
–noun
5. ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
6. inclination or slant, esp. downward or upward.
7. deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
8. an inclined surface.
9. Usually, slopes. hills, esp. foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
10. Mathematics.
a. the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
b. the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
11. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.
—Idiom
12. slope off, Chiefly British Slang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
Origin:
1495–1505; aphetic var. of aslope; akin to slip 1

Related forms:
slop⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
slop⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
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.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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