Found 4 items, similar to slope.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: slope
lereng
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: slope
dakian, kemiringan, lerengan, mengereng
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: slope
slope
n 1: an elevated geological formation;
“he climbed the steep
slope”;
“the house was built on the side of the
mountain” [syn:
incline,
side]
2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
from the horizontal;
“a five-degree gradient” [syn:
gradient]
v : be at an angle;
“The terrain sloped down” [syn:
incline,
pitch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Slope
Slope
\Slope\, a.
Sloping.
“Down the slope hills.” --Milton.
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A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon.
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Slope
\Slope\, adv.
In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Slope
\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
\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.
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2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of
the horizon.
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buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
--Macaulay.
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Under the slopes of Pisgah. --Deut. iv.
49. (Rev.
Ver.).
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3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining
to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity;
considered as ascending, an acclivity.
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Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as,
parallel planes have the same slope.
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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.
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2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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