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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Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.
Bent :: Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill..
Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..
Hang :: Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..
Chinook :: Chinook (n.) A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..
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..
Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
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..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..
Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
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..
Escarp :: Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap..
Slope :: Slope (a.) Sloping.
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..
Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..
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