Associations to the word «Slope»
Noun
- Steep
- Hillside
- Escarpment
- Precipice
- Ravine
- Terrain
- Upward
- Plateau
- Topography
- Foothill
- Incline
- Gully
- Terrace
- Meadow
- Ledge
- Ridge
- Erosion
- Embankment
- Promontory
- Upland
- Cliff
- Buttress
- Fir
- Contour
- Shelf
- Curve
- Rampart
- Crag
- Crest
- Lowland
- Thicket
- Vineyard
- Shoreline
- Knoll
- Hollow
- Boulder
- Pasture
- Clump
- Gravel
- Drainage
- Elevation
- Gorge
- Hill
- Lava
- Summit
- Expanse
- Grassland
- Vegetation
- Facing
- Angle
- Plain
- Drain
- Crumbling
- Limestone
- Fissure
- Pine
- Bottom
- Sandstone
- Granite
- Tops
Adjective
Wiktionary
SLOPE, noun. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
SLOPE, noun. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
SLOPE, noun. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
SLOPE, noun. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
SLOPE, noun. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
SLOPE, noun. (vulgar) (highly offensive) (ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
SLOPE, verb. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
SLOPE, verb. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
SLOPE, verb. (colloquial) (usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
SLOPE, verb. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
SLOPE, adjective. (obsolete) Sloping.
SLOPE, adverb. (obsolete) slopingly
SLOPE FIELD, noun. (mathematics) A field of plotted slopes of a differentiable function.
SLOPE FIELDS, noun. Plural of slope field
SLOPE OFF, verb. (informal) (intransitive) To depart quietly, without being noticed.
Dictionary definition
SLOPE, noun. An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain".
SLOPE, noun. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient".
SLOPE, verb. Be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down".
Wise words
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.