slope

slope
[[t]slo͟ʊp[/t]]
slopes, sloping, sloped
1) N-COUNT: usu with supp A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.

Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.

...the lower slopes of the Himalayas.

2) N-COUNT: usu sing A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.

The street must have been on a slope.

Syn:
3) VERB If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.

[V adv/prep] The bank sloped down sharply to the river...

The garden sloped quite steeply.

Derived words:
sloping ADJ-GRADED

...a brick building, with a sloping roof.

...the gently sloping beach.

4) VERB If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.

[V adv/prep] The writing sloped backwards...

[V adv/prep] He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.

Syn:
5) N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes.

The slope increases as you go up the curve.

...a slope of ten degrees.

6) VERB If someone slopes into or out of a place, they enter or leave it quickly and quietly, especially because they are trying to avoid or escape something. [INFORMAL]

[V adv/prep] She sloped off quietly on Saturday afternoon...

[V adv/prep] They sloped into their hotel at 6am.

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7) See also ski slope
8) slippery slopesee slippery

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