slope

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

   • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
   • a steep slope
2. 2

   The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

   • The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
3. 3

   The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

   • The slope of this line is 0.5
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   1. 4

      The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.

      • The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
   2. 5

      The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of…

      The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).

      • The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
   3. 6

      A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

   4. 7

      A hasty departure.

      • "I did a slope," acknowledged the clerk frankly. "I broke all the records down that passage, I bet you. You'll laugh, I dare say, and think you would have stood, but you don't know what it was like. […]"
   5. 8

      To tend steadily upward or downward.

      • The road slopes sharply down at that point.
      • If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
      • St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.
   6. 9

      To form with a slope

      To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

      • to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
   7. 10

      To try to move surreptitiously.

      • I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
      • She watched him disappear out of sight, before sloping back to her room.
   8. 11

      To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the…

      To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

      • The order was given to "slope arms".
   9. 12

      Sloping.

      • A bank not steep, but gently slope.
      • Down the slope hills.
   10. 13

       slopingly

       • So promis'd he; and Uriel to his charge Return'd on that bright beam , whose point now rais'd , Bore him slope downward to the sun

The neighborhood

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