From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, adjective Sloping. ''Down the slope hills.'' --Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, adverb In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloping}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, noun [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See {Slip}, verb (used without an object)]
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.).
3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, verb (used without an object)
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain" [syn: {incline}, {side}]
2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: {gradient}]
verb
1: be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: {incline}, {pitch}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "slope": acclivity, angle, angularity, ascend, ascent, bank, bend, bevel, bezel, camber, cant, careen, chute, climb, decline, declivity, deflection, descend, descent, deviation, dip, downgrade, drop, drop off, easy slope, fall, fall away, fall off, fleam, gentle slope, glacis, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient, hanging gardens, heel, helicline, hill, hillside, inclination, incline, inclined plane, keel, launching ramp, lean, leaning, leaning tower, list, mount, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, rake, ramp, recline, retreat, rise, scarp, shelve, shelving beach, side, sidle, sink, skew, slant, steep slope, stiff climb, swag, sway, talus, tilt, tip, tower of Pisa, upgrade, uprise
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Slope -- U.S. County in North Dakota Population (2000): 767 Housing Units (2000): 451 Land area (2000): 1217.939586 sq. miles (3154.448913 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.282691 sq. miles (3.322154 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1219.222277 sq. miles (3157.771067 sq. km) Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38 Location: 46.428212 N, 103.439994 W Headwords: Slope Slope, ND Slope County Slope County, ND
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