noun Download 🔗Share An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. Examples : "I had to climb a small slope to get to the site." geography geology area nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. Examples : "The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point." geography geology math direction Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The slope of this line is 0.5" math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point. Examples : "The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x." math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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). Examples : "The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater." architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent. race person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tend steadily upward or downward. Examples : "The road slopes sharply down at that point." direction tendency geography Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. Examples : "to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment" direction geography geology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously. Examples : "The cat slopes around the corner, hoping to steal food from the kitchen counter. " action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder. Examples : "The order was given to "slope arms"." military weapon position action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading