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slope
[slohp]
verb (used without object)
to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
to move at an inclination or obliquely.
They sloped gradually westward.
verb (used with object)
to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical.
The sun sloped its beams.
to form with a slope or slant.
to slope an embankment.
noun
ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
inclination or slant, especially downward or upward.
deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
an inclined surface.
Usually slopes. hills, especially foothills or bluffs.
the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Mathematics.
the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x- axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of East Asian origin, especially a Vietnamese or other South Asian.
slope
/ əʊ /
verb
to lie or cause to lie at a slanting or oblique angle
(intr) (esp of natural features) to follow an inclined course
many paths sloped down the hillside
(intr; foll by off, away, etc) to go furtively
(tr) military (formerly) to hold (a rifle) in the slope position (esp in the command slope arms )
noun
an inclined portion of ground
(plural) hills or foothills
any inclined surface or line
the degree or amount of such inclination
maths
(of a line) the tangent of the angle between the line and another line parallel to the x- axis
the first derivative of the equation of a curve at a given point
(formerly) the position adopted for British military drill when the rifle is rested on the shoulder
slanga person from Southeast Asia, especially a Vietnamese
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- slopingly adverb
- slopingness noun
- unsloped adjective
- unsloping adjective
- ˈDZ noun
- ˈDZ辱ԲԱ noun
- ˈDZ辱Բ adjective
- ˈDZ辱Բly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of slope1
Idioms and Phrases
slope off, to make one's way out slowly or furtively.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Their job was to keep their eyes on the downward slope on the other side of the ridge, which wasn’t supposed to burn.
His first experience of skiing came as a six-year-old on a plastic dry slope in Pendle, Lancashire, while he did little training on snow until he was 13.
Nazi architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg later pushed Nordau’s theory of degeneration further down the slippery slope, arguing that it was not social conditioning that produced such despicable degenerates, but race, and in particular race-mixing.
Geologists monitoring the eruption said it was likely that part of volcano's crater collapsed and that this was the material being carried down its slopes.
Brittlebush thrives in dry conditions, according to Calscape, and is well suited for slopes and hillsides.
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When To Use
In mathematics, the slope (also called the gradient) of a line is a measurement of how steep the line is or how much of a slant it has.In math, a line is an object with no thickness that extends forever in both directions. In basic math, we assume lines to be perfectly straight, meaning they don’t curve or change directions to form angles.Take a piece of graph paper to create a Cartesian plane by drawing two perpendicular lines. These two lines are called the axes. The axis going sideways is the x-axis, and the axis going up and down is the y-axis. We use these axes to label where any point on the plane is located. You can then measure the slope of a line compared to the x-axis by using the Cartesian coordinates on your Cartesian plane.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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