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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Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..
Bankside :: Bankside (n.) The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam..
Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) 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..
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..
Mansard Roof :: Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one..
Lean-to :: Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..
Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..
Pendence :: Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.
Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..
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..
Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly.
Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Brae :: Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.
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..
Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..
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