Slope (?), n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.]
1.
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.
2.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Macaulay.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
⇒ A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity.
Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
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Slope, a.
Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
Bacon.
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Slope, adv.
In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
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Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
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.
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Slope, v. i.
1.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
2.
To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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Slope, n.
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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