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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

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.

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

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.

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

To depart; to disappear suddenly.

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

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.

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

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.

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

To depart; to disappear suddenly.

An inclined line; a slant; surface inclining downward; as, the slope of a hill; that part of the land that descends toward the ocean.

To incline; to slant.

Any incline down which a thing may slip: a direction downward.

To form with a slope, or obliquely.

To be inclined.

An incline; direction downward.

To be inclined or oblique.

Any slanting surface or line; declivity.

n. A line or direction inclining from a horizontal line; properly, a direction downward;— any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon; a declivity or acclivity.