Slope

n.	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. Slope of a plane (Geom.) the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
a.	1.	Sloping. A bank not steep, but gently slope. - Bacon.
adv.	1.	In a sloping manner.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Sloped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
v. i.	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.

Noun	1.	slope - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain" Synonyms: incline, side
	2.	slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" Synonyms: gradient
Verb	1.	slope - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" Synonyms: incline, pitch

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