'Slope' definitions:

Definition of 'slope'

(from WordNet)
noun
An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" [syn: slope, incline, side]
noun
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: gradient, slope]
verb
Be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope, incline, pitch]

Definition of 'Slope'

From: GCIDE
  • Slope \Slope\, adv. In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slope'

From: GCIDE
  • Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.] 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slope'

From: GCIDE
  • Slope \Slope\, v. i.
  • 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slope'

From: GCIDE
  • Slope \Slope\, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.]
  • 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. [1913 Webster]
  • buildings the summit and slope of a hill. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Under the slopes of Pisgah. --Deut. iv.
  • 49. (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. [1913 Webster]
  • Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slope'

From: GCIDE
  • Slope \Slope\, a. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'slope'

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Slope -- U.S. County in North Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Slope -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
767
Housing Units (2000) :
451
Land area (2000) :
1217.939586 sq. miles (3154.448913 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.282691 sq. miles (3.322154 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1219.222277 sq. miles (3157.771067 sq. km)
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
46.428212 N, 103.439994 W

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