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11slope — slopingly, adv. slopingness, n. /slohp/, v., sloped, sloping, n. v.i. 1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant. 2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They …
12slope — slope1 W3 [sləup US sloup] n 1.) a piece of ground or a surface that slopes ▪ a steep slope ▪ a gentle (=not steep) slope ▪ She looked back up the grassy slope. 2.) an area of steep ground covered with snow that people ↑ski down ▪ …
13slope — 1 noun 1 (C) a piece of ground or a surface that slopes: walking slowly up a steep slope | a gentle slope (=a slope that is not steep) 2 (singular) the angle at which something slopes in relation to a flat surface: a slope of 30 degrees 2 verb… …
14slope — I UK [sləʊp] / US [sloʊp] noun [countable] Word forms slope : singular slope plural slopes ** 1) a) a straight surface that has one end higher than the other At the end of the garden there is a steep slope. b) the angle of this kind of surface a… …
15slope — slope1 [ sloup ] noun count ** 1. ) a straight surface that has one end higher than the other: At the end of the garden there is a steep slope. a ) the angle of this kind of surface: a slope of 45 degrees 2. ) the side of a hill or mountain:… …
16slope — I. /sloʊp / (say slohp) verb (sloped, sloping) –verb (i) 1. to take or have an inclined or slanting direction, especially downwards or upwards from the horizontal. 2. to descend or ascend at a slant. –verb (t) 3. to direct at a slope or… …
17slope — noun 1》 a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another. ↘a difference in level or sideways position between two ends or sides. ↘a part of the side of a hill or mountain, especially as a place for skiing. 2》 US… …
18slope — n. & v. n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a position in a line neither parallel nor perpendicular to level ground or to a line serving as a standard. 2 a piece of rising or …
19slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… …
20slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… …
