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Slope (?), n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.] 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.
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2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
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buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay.
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Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
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3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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&hand_; A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity.
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Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
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Slope, a. Sloping.Down the slope hills.” Milton.
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A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
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Slope, adv. In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
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Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.] 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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Slope, v. i. 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
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2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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