Definition of slope

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Slope (v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

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Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..
Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.
Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..
Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..
Acclivity :: Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent..
Bankside :: Bankside (n.) The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam..
Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..
Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Slopewise :: Slopewise (adv.) Obliquely.
Glacier :: Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland..
Brae :: Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes..
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