Slope /(?)/

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.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
Slope of a plane
the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.

Slope

a.
  1. Sloping.
    A bank not steep, but gently slope.

Slope

adv.
  1. In a sloping manner. [Obs.]

Slope

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping

  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.

Slope

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. [Slang]