A bank not steep, but gently slope. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
Down the slope hills. 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
So promis'd he; and Uriel to his charge
Return'd on that bright beam , whose point now rais'd ,
Bore him slope downward to the sun 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.
the slope
She looked down a slope, needing to squint for the sunlight, onto a vast sprawl of houses which had grown up all together, like a well-tended crop, from the dull brown earth... Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
(countable, uncountable) An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
a steep slope
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
(countable, uncountable) The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
(countable, of a line, uncountable, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
The slope of this line is 0.5
(countable, of a curve at a given point, proscribed, qualifier:see Usage notes, sometimes, uncountable) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
(countable, uncountable) The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
(countable, uncountable) a concept or idea which suggests a type of oblique or accelerating progression
The habit of lying can quickly become a slippery slope.
Not just confined to biking, once you loose that confidence or get knocked back either physically or mentally, it's a hard slope to climb back up... Dr. Ruth Anderson, The Cycling Mind
The slope that leads toward insanity has the paradoxical distinction of being both steep and yet undetectable to the person sliding down it. Suzanne Rindell, novel, The Other Typist
(countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar) An East or Southeast Asian person, especially one that is Chinese.
(UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A hasty departure.
"I did a slope," acknowledged the clerk frankly. "I broke all the records down that passage, I bet you. You'll laugh, I dare say, and think you would have stood, but you don't know what it was like. […]" 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
gradient · Chinaman · cant (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · slope · grade · incline (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · hill (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · elevation · Chink · bank (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · embankment (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · first derivative · gradient (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · cant (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gradient (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
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es repecho (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ja 坂 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sl naklon (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · izh palle (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt inclinação (angle of a roof surface) · ga céim fhána (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · nl spleetoog (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · eo deklivo (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fi kaltevuus (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · it inclinazione (mathematics) · de Abhang (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · oc travèrs (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ro pantă (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ug باغىر (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv slänt (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sh pàdina (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ja スロープ (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · tl hilig (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · mi pānaunau (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · no bakke (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · mi tāwhatinga (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · acw دحديرة (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es pendiente (angle of a roof surface) · mi harapaki (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sl klanec (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ca inclinació (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sh нагиб (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · de Gradient (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · pt ladeira (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · la clīvus (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gd aonach (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · uk схил (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · knb challug (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru отко́с (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl buenza (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es costero (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl barronca (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es ribazo (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · bg накло́н (mathematics) · cmn 坡度 (angle of a roof surface) · sk sklon (mathematics) · fr pente (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · oc pendís (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pl pochylenie (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · mi panaunga (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · zza sebcêre (diq) (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · es pendiente (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · kix ūi (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · bg наклон (angle of a roof surface) · ru накло́н (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · acw مُنْحدر (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ms cerun (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · pt inclinação (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · pl żółtek (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · no nedoverbakke (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · id lereng (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pl skarpa (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · cmn 斜率 (mathematics) · az yamac (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es vertiente (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pl zbocze (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · mr उतार (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es cuesta (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl richtingscoëfficiënt (mathematics) · et kili (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · tl hilig (mathematics) · te వాలు (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv guling (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · mi tūpaki (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sh pàdina (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ro pantă (mathematics) · mi taiheke (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru склон (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · af helling (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · alt агары (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es pendiente (mathematics) · pt inclinação (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gd bruthach (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es talud (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · is halli (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sh òbronak (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ga ardú (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · mi takaripa (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl pendente (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sl strmina (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · gl talude (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt gradiente (mathematics) · gl quella (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ms cerun (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · cmn 斜率 (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · oc penda (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru накло́н (mathematics) · hu meredekség (mathematics) · sh косѝна (mathematics) · de Schlitzauge (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · alt тӱжери (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl pendente (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · bg наклон (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl steilte (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · es costera (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · cmn 斜度 (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · kea ladera (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gd fànas (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es pendiente (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · hu emelkedő (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ro pantă (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · az əydəm (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · cs stoupání (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · tl gulod (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl pente (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sh падина (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es espueda (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · fi kulmakerroin (mathematics) · id kemiringan (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sh kosìna (mathematics) · hu emelkedés (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ebk neng-tatangilig (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl helling (mathematics) · it muso giallo (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ca pendent (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv lutning (mathematics) · el εφαπτομένη (mathematics) · gl pendente (mathematics) · cmn 斜坡 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · eu malda (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt tangente (mathematics) · ksc songarab (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl helling (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · bg наклон (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · pt declive (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · de Ableitung (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · sk stúpanie (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · de Steigung (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · no oppoverbakke (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · izh penger (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru косогла́зый (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · no stigning (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · es riba (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ca pendent (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · de Steigung (mathematics) · ilo bakras (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · no helling (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · zza sud (diq) (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · no skråning (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fr pente (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · da skråning (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es declivio (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fi rinne (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es desnivel (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ja 勾配 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fi kaltevuus (angle of a roof surface) · sk sklon (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · hi ढाल (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · hu meredekség (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · cmn 坡 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv sluttning (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sl strmina (mathematics) · cs svah (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv lutning (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sv brant (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · la gradientum (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · fr pente (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ja 傾斜率 (mathematics) · tr yamaç (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ja 勾配 (mathematics) · de Steigung (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · fi vinosilmä (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ar مُنْحَدَر (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · oc penjal (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gd leathad (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es subida (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · da hældning (mathematics) · es ojo chueco (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ms cerun (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt inclinação (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · es inclinación (mathematics) · sh nagib (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · tl libis (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es ladera (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · tl hilig (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · it pendio (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sv backe (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · tl dalisdis (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl barga (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt tangente (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · ja 傾斜 (mathematics) · is hlíð (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru скат (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · de Steigung (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fi jyrkkyys (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · izh veeru (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ug قاپتال (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · de Hang (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fi gradientti (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · pl stok (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · id kemiringan (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · ja 勾配 (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · cs sklon (mathematics) · ca desnivell (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · de Schlitzi (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · sh kosooki (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ms lereng (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl helling (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · mi aupaki (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · acw ميل (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · es declividad (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pl nachylenie (mathematics) · zza meyıl (diq) (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sh о̀бронак (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · is brekka (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sh косооки (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · zza cêrên (diq) (mathematics) · mi tāwhati (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl pendilleira (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ebk tichang (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ga sléim (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · pt vertente (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · grc κλίμα (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es chuequito (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ja 傾斜角 (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ar مَيْل (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · pt amarelo (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · ug يوتا (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru узкогла́зый (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · it pendenza (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ga fána (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · enm hange (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ru укло́н (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · izh rinta (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ja 傾斜 (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · ro pantă (math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point) · mi tahataha (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sw mteremko (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · tr eğim (mathematics) · sh падина (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · de Dachschräge (angle of a roof surface) · hu lejtés (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · grc κλειτύς (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es ribazo (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fr pente (mathematics) · cy rhiw (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · es declive (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · hu lejtő (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · sk svah (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ga caitheamh le fána (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ja 傾斜 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · izh kallas (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · la inclinatio (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · el συντελεστής διεύθυνσης (mathematics) · ky эңкейиш (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · nl glooiing (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · nmn ǃāho (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · uk на́хил (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · fr inclinaison (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · id mata sipit (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · pt olho puxado (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · es terraplén (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · gl costa (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gl engrido (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ca inclinació (mathematics) · izh paltti (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · acw نزلة (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · hu ferde szemű (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · bg стръмнина (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · gd fàn (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · ja 坂道 (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · alt тӱжӱрер неме (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · id sipit (offensive: person of East Asian descent) · mi rapaki (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · mi pīnakitanga (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) · de Gefälle (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) · sl pobočje (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
The road slopes sharply down at that point.
St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right. 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244:
(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
(UK, colloquial, followed by a preposition, usually) To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
She watched him disappear out of sight, before sloping back to her room. 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
ifk tigging (to tend steadily upward or downward) · hu lopakodik (to try to move surreptitiously) · fi livahtaa (to try to move surreptitiously) · hu lóg (to try to move surreptitiously) · hu lejtősen alakít ki (to form with a slope) · fi pitää olalla (military: to hold a rifle at a slope) · mi auroro (to tend steadily upward or downward) · hu oson (to try to move surreptitiously) · cs zešikmit (to form with a slope) · hu lejtőssé tesz (to form with a slope) · ca lliscar (to form with a slope) · ky эңкейүү (to try to move surreptitiously) · sv stupa (to tend steadily upward or downward) · da skråne (to tend steadily upward or downward) · mi kōtautau (to tend steadily upward or downward) · nl glooien (to tend steadily upward or downward) · nl sluipen (to try to move surreptitiously) · de ausschrägen (to form with a slope) · is halla (to tend steadily upward or downward) · hu megdönt (to form with a slope) · fi tehdä kallistus (to form with a slope) · mi whakataiheke (to form with a slope) · mi kotautau (to tend steadily upward or downward) · mi (w)hirinaki (to tend steadily upward or downward) · bg държа "на рамо" (military: to hold a rifle at a slope) · sv slutta (to tend steadily upward or downward) · fi kallistaa (to form with a slope) · fi viettää (to tend steadily upward or downward) · cs zkosit (to form with a slope) · bg офейквам (to try to move surreptitiously) · bg скосявам (to form with a slope) · bg наклонявам се (to tend steadily upward or downward) · mi pīnaki (to tend steadily upward or downward) · pt inclinar (to tend steadily upward or downward) · hu lejt (to tend steadily upward or downward) · hu surran (to try to move surreptitiously) · sv luta (to tend steadily upward or downward) · fi hiipiä (to try to move surreptitiously) · hu lopózik (to try to move surreptitiously) · hu dől (to tend steadily upward or downward) · cs sklonit (to form with a slope) · hu lopódzik (to try to move surreptitiously)