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Entry 8 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Slope

/slōp/ · IPA /sloʊp/
01 n. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
    “buildings the summit and slope of a hill.” — Macaulay.
    “Under the slopes of Pisgah.” — Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
  3. 3.
    The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
Phrases & compounds
Slope of a plane — the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
02 a. Sloping.
  1. 1.
    Sloping.
    “A bank not steep, but gently slope.” — Bacon.
03 adv. In a sloping manner.
  1. 1.
    In a sloping manner.[Obs.]
04 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 …
imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping
  1. 1.
    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.
05 v. i. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
  1. 1.
    To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
  2. 2.
    To depart; to disappear suddenly.[Slang]