slope

adjective

[This word contains the elements of L. labor, lapsus, and Eng. slip; also of L. levo. Eng. lift. I know not whether it originally signified ascending or descending, probably the latter.]

Inclined or inclining form a horizontal direction; forming an angle with the plane of the horizon; as slope hills.

slope

noun

An oblique direction; a line or direction inclining from a horizontal line; properly, a direction downwards.

slope

An oblique direction in general; a direction forming an angle with a perpendicular or other right line.

slope

A declivity; any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon; also, an acclivity, as every declivity must be also an acclivity.s .

slope

verb transitive

To form with a slope; to form to declivity or obliquity; to direct obliquely; to incline; as, to slope the ground in a garde; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

slope

verb intransitive

To take an oblique direction; to be declivous or inclined.