Definition of slope

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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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Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.
Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..
Valley :: Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..
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..
Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Subaltern :: Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line..
Slant :: Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
Pendence :: Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..
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..
Brae :: Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.
Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Amphitheatre :: Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater..
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..
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