Slope

·adv In a sloping manner.

II. Slope ·adj Sloping.

III. Slope ·vi To Depart; to disappear suddenly.

IV. Slope ·vi Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

V. Slope ·add. ·noun The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

VI. Slope ·vi To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to Incline; as, the ground slopes.

VII. Slope ·vi 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.

VIII. Slope ·vt 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.