Slope, adv. In a sloping
manner. [Obs.] Milton.
Slope, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sloping.] 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]
Slope, n. The part of a continent
descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the
Pacific slope.
Slope (?), n. [Formed (like abode
fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v.
i.] 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.).
☞ A slope, considered as descending, is a
declivity; considered as ascending, an
acclivity.
Slope of a plane (Geom.), the
direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same
slope.
Slope, a. Sloping. "Down the
slope hills." Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
Bacon.