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Webster 1913 Edition

Slope

Slope

,
Noun.
[Formed (like
abode
fr.
abide
) from OE.
slipen
. See
Slip
,
Verb.
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
.

Slope

,
Adj.
Sloping.
“Down the slope hills.”
Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently
slope
.
Bacon.

Slope

,
adv.
In a sloping manner.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Slope

,
Verb.
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.

Slope

,
Verb.
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]

Webster 1828 Edition

Slope

SLOPE

,
Adj.
[This word contains the elements of L. labor, lapsus, and Eng. slip; also of L. levo. Eng. lift. I know not whether it originally signified ascending or descending, probably the latter.] Inclined or inclining form a horizontal direction; forming an angle with the plane of the horizon; as slope hills. [Little used.]

SLOPE

,
Noun.
1.
An oblique direction; a line or direction inclining from a horizontal line; properly, a direction downwards.
2.
An oblique direction in general; a direction forming an angle with a perpendicular or other right line.
3.
A declivity; any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon; also, an acclivity, as every declivity must be also an acclivity.

SLOPE

,
Verb.
T.
To form with a slope; to form to declivity or obliquity; to direct obliquely; to incline; as, to slope the ground in a garde; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

SLOPE

,
Verb.
I.
To take an oblique direction; to be declivous or inclined.

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