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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.
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noun
Idiom5.
ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
6.
inclination or slant, especially downward or upward.
7.
deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
8.
an inclined surface.
9.
EXPANDUsually, slopes. hills, especially 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.
COLLAPSESlang: Disparaging and Offensive. an Asian, especially a Vietnamese.
12.
slope off, Chiefly British Slang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
Related forms
slop·ing·ly, adverb
slop·ing·ness, noun
un·sloped, adjective
un·slop·ing, adjective
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.
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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Word Origin & History
slope
1590s, from earlier adj. meaning "slanting" (c.1500), probably from M.E. aslope (adv.) "on the incline" (late 15c.), from O.E. *aslopen, pp. of aslupan "to slip away," from a- "away" + slupan "to slip" (see sleeve). The noun is first recorded 1610s, from the verb. Derogatory
EXPANDslang meaning "Oriental person" is attested from 1948.
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