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Definition of slope

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Slope (v. t.) 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..

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Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..

Sloped :: Sloped (imp. & p. p.) of Slop.

Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..

Esplanade :: Esplanade (n.) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country..

Pendence :: Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..

Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..

Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..

Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.

Clinometer :: Clinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..