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A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline: ski slopes.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
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Mathematics The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Mathematics The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.
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verb-transitive
To cause to slope: sloped the path down the bank.
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verb-intransitive
To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: a roof that slopes. See Synonyms at slant.
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To move on a slant; ascend or descend: sloped down the trail.
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adjective
That slants .
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verb
To take an oblique course.
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To lie or fall in a slant .
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To cause to incline or slant.
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