Slope /sləʊp/

The meaning and definition of Slope, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
“I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.”
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
“The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.”

verb

To tend steadily upward or downward.
“The road slopes sharply down at that point.”
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”

adjective

Sloping.

Synonyms bank embankment gradient hill incline first derivative

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Slope /sləʊp/

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