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slope
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- pronunciation:
- slop
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
slopes, sloping, sloped |
| definition: |
to incline or slant upwards or downwards, as a hill.
The road slopes sharply at this point, so some cyclists may find it a challenge.The trail slopes down to the pond.- synonyms:
- incline, lean, slant
- similar words:
- bank, cant, decline, descend, pitch, tilt, tip
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| related words: |
ascend, climb, dip, list |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to slope.
The house builders sloped the roofs so that snow could easily melt off.- synonyms:
- lean, slant, tilt
- similar words:
- angle, bank, decline, descend, incline, pitch
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| related words: |
cant, tilt |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
ground that angles up or down; side of a hill; incline.
We climbed up the grassy slope.They skied down the slope.
- synonyms:
- bank, hill
- antonyms:
- level
- similar words:
- dip, fall, incline, rise, slant, swell, tilt
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| definition 2: |
degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
We calculated the slope of the line.The driveway has a steep slope.- synonyms:
- grade, pitch
- similar words:
- angle, inclination
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| definition 3: |
any surface having an incline.
Be careful walking over the slope of the roof.- synonyms:
- bank, cant, inclination, incline, slant
- similar words:
- tilt
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| related words: |
ascent, bias, bluff, climb, decline, grade, lean, tilt, tip |
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| derivation: |
sloping (adj.) |
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