Definition of slope

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Slope (v. t.) 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..

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Rise :: Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Lean-to :: Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
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..
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..
Glacier :: Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland..
Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..
Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
Side :: Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge..
Bent :: Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill..
Slope :: Slope (a.) Sloping.
Slopeness :: Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.
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..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
Bevel :: Bevel (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..
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