Note: 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.
SLOPE
Slope, a.
Defn: Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
SLOPE
Slope, adv.
Defn: In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
SLOPE
Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
Defn: 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.
SLOPE
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]