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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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..
Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.
Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.
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..
Italic :: Italic (a.) Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500..
Sloped :: Sloped (imp. & p. p.) of Slop.
Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
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..
Talus :: Talus (n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..
Pendence :: Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..
Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Bevel :: Bevel (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly.
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..
Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.
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