Meaning

• An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

  "I had to climb a small slope to get to the site."

• The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

  "The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point."

• 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.

  "The slope of this line is 0.5"

• The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

  "The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x."

• 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).

  "The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater."

• A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Meaning

• To tend steadily upward or downward.

  "The road slopes sharply down at that point."

• To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

  "to slope the ground in a garden;   to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"

• (usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

  "I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."

• To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

  "The order was given to "slope arms"."

Meaning

• Sloping.

Meaning

• Slopingly