Standard Lemma guide

slope

adj · adv · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /sloʊp/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /sləʊp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊp
  • CMU ARPABET: S L OW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Sloping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

slopingly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the slope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
  • a steep slope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The slope of this line is 0.5

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable

Qualifier: see Usage notes

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a concept or idea which suggests a type of oblique or accelerating progression

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The habit of lying can quickly become a slippery slope.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An East or Southeast Asian person, especially one that is Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A hasty departure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To tend steadily upward or downward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The road slopes sharply down at that point.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To try to move surreptitiously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, colloquial, usually

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • The order was given to "slope arms".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a five-degree gradient

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gradient

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, spatial relation

Narrower terms: grade, pitch, rake, slant, abruptness, precipitousness, steepness, gradualness, gentleness

17

noun

Meaning 17

an elevated geological formation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he climbed the steep slope
  • the house was built on the side of a mountain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incline, side

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geological formation, formation

Narrower terms: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade, bank, cant, camber, canyonside, coast, descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope, escarpment, scarp, hillside, mountainside, versant, piedmont, ski slope

18

verb

Meaning 18

be at an angle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The terrain sloped down

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incline, pitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

Narrower terms: ascend, stoop, fall, climb, dip

History

Etymology

From aslope (adjective, adverb).

Across languages

Translations

311 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: helling — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Arabic: مُنْحَدَر (munḥadar) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Arabic: دحديرة (duḥdēra) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Arabic: نزلة (nazla) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Arabic: مُنْحدر (munḥadar) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Azerbaijani: yamac — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Basque: malda — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Eastern Bontoc: tichang — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Eastern Bontoc: neng-tatangilig — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Bulgarian: стръмнина (strǎmnina) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Bulgarian: наклон (naklon) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Catalan: pendent — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜坡 (xiépō) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坡 (pō) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Czech: svah — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Danish: skråning — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Dutch: helling — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Esperanto: deklivo — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Finnish: rinne — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • French: pente — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: costa — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: pendente — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: pendilleira — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: engrido — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: quella — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: barga — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: buenza — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: barronca — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Galician: talude — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • German: Steigung — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • German: Hang — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • German: Abhang — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ancient Greek: κλίμα (klíma) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ancient Greek: κλειτύς (kleitús) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Hindi: ढाल (ḍhāl) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Hungarian: emelkedő — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Hungarian: lejtő — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Icelandic: brekka — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Icelandic: hlíð — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ilocano: bakras — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Indonesian: lereng — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: penger — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: paltti — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: veeru — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: rinta — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: kallas — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ingrian: palle — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Irish: fána — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Irish: caitheamh le fána — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Irish: sléim — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Irish: ardú — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Italian: pendio — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Japanese: 坂 (saka) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Japanese: 坂道 (sakamichi) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Japanese: スロープ (surōpu) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Japanese: 傾斜 (keisha) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Japanese: 勾配 (kōbai) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Kabuverdianu: ladera — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: challug — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Southern Kalinga: songarab — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Kyrgyz: эңкейиш (eŋkeyiş) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Latin: clīvus — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Malay: lereng — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Malay: cerun — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: panaunga — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: tahataha — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: tāwhatinga — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: aupaki — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: harapaki — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: pīnakitanga — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: taiheke — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: takaripa — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: tāwhati — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: tūpaki — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: rapaki — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Māori: pānaunau — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Marathi: उतार (utār) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Middle English: hange — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ūi — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Norwegian: skråning — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Norwegian: bakke — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Norwegian: oppoverbakke — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Norwegian: nedoverbakke — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Occitan: penda — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Occitan: pendís — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Occitan: travèrs — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Occitan: penjal — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Polish: zbocze — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Polish: skarpa — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Polish: stok — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Portuguese: ladeira — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Portuguese: declive — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Portuguese: vertente — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Portuguese: inclinação — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Romanian: pantă — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Russian: склон (sklon) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Russian: скат (skat) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Russian: отко́с (otkós) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruthach — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Scottish Gaelic: aonach — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathad — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàn — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Scottish Gaelic: fànas — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀бронак — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: падина — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: нагиб — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: òbronak — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàdina — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: nagib — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Slovak: svah — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Slovene: klanec — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Slovene: pobočje — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Southern Altai: тӱжери (tüžeri) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Southern Altai: агары (agarï) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Southern Altai: тӱжӱрер неме (tüžürer neme) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: pendiente — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: cuesta — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: declivio — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: ladera — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: vertiente — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: ribazo — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: riba — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: repecho — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: costero — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Spanish: costera — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Swahili: mteremko — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Swedish: brant — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Swedish: sluttning — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Swedish: backe — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Swedish: slänt — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Tagalog: dalisdis — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Tagalog: libis — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Tagalog: gulod — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Telugu: వాలు (vālu) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Turkish: yamaç — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ukrainian: схил (sxyl) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Ukrainian: на́хил (náxyl) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Uyghur: قاپتال (qaptal) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Uyghur: يوتا (yota) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Uyghur: باغىر (baghir) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Welsh: rhiw — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Zazaki: sud (diq) — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • ǃXóõ: ǃāho — area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
  • Arabic: مَيْل (mayl) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Arabic: ميل (mēl) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Azerbaijani: əydəm — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Bulgarian: наклон (naklon) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Catalan: desnivell — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Catalan: pendent — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Catalan: inclinació — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜率 (xiélǜ) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜度 (xiédù) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Czech: stoupání — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Dutch: helling — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Dutch: steilte — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Dutch: glooiing — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Finnish: kaltevuus — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Finnish: jyrkkyys — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • French: pente — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • French: inclinaison — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Galician: pendente — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Galician: pente — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • German: Steigung — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • German: Gefälle — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Hungarian: meredekség — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Hungarian: emelkedés — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Hungarian: lejtés — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Icelandic: halli — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Indonesian: kemiringan — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Irish: céim fhána — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Italian: pendenza — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Japanese: 傾斜角 (keishakaku) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Japanese: 傾斜 (keisha) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Japanese: 勾配 (kōbai) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Latin: gradientum — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Latin: inclinatio — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Malay: cerun — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Norwegian: stigning — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Norwegian: helling — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Polish: pochylenie — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Portuguese: inclinação — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Romanian: pantă — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Russian: укло́н (uklón) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Russian: накло́н (naklón) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: падина — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàdina — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Slovak: sklon — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Slovak: stúpanie — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Slovene: naklon — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Slovene: strmina — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Spanish: desnivel — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Spanish: talud — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Spanish: espueda — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Spanish: ribazo — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Spanish: terraplén — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Swedish: lutning — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Tagalog: hilig — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Zazaki: meyıl (diq) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Zazaki: sebcêre (diq) — degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
  • Bulgarian: накло́н (naklón) — mathematics
  • Catalan: inclinació — mathematics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜率 (xiélǜ) — mathematics
  • Czech: sklon — mathematics
  • Danish: hældning — mathematics
  • Dutch: richtingscoëfficiënt — mathematics
  • Dutch: helling — mathematics
  • Finnish: kulmakerroin — mathematics
  • French: pente — mathematics
  • Galician: pendente — mathematics
  • German: Steigung — mathematics
  • Greek: εφαπτομένη (efaptoméni) — mathematics
  • Greek: συντελεστής διεύθυνσης (syntelestís diéfthynsis) — mathematics
  • Hungarian: meredekség — mathematics
  • Italian: inclinazione — mathematics
  • Japanese: 傾斜率 (keisharitsu) — mathematics
  • Japanese: 傾斜 (keisha) — mathematics
  • Japanese: 勾配 (kōbai) — mathematics
  • Polish: nachylenie — mathematics
  • Portuguese: tangente — mathematics
  • Portuguese: gradiente — mathematics
  • Romanian: pantă — mathematics
  • Russian: накло́н (naklón) — mathematics
  • Serbo-Croatian: косѝна — mathematics
  • Serbo-Croatian: kosìna — mathematics
  • Slovak: sklon — mathematics
  • Slovene: strmina — mathematics
  • Spanish: inclinación — mathematics
  • Spanish: pendiente — mathematics
  • Swedish: lutning — mathematics
  • Tagalog: hilig — mathematics
  • Turkish: eğim — mathematics
  • Zazaki: cêrên (diq) — mathematics
  • Finnish: gradientti — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • French: pente — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • German: Steigung — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • German: Ableitung — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • German: Gradient — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Indonesian: kemiringan — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Malay: cerun — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Portuguese: tangente — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Portuguese: inclinação — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Romanian: pantă — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Spanish: pendiente — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Tagalog: hilig — math: slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
  • Bulgarian: наклон (naklon) — angle of a roof surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坡度 (pōdù) — angle of a roof surface
  • Finnish: kaltevuus — angle of a roof surface
  • German: Dachschräge — angle of a roof surface
  • Portuguese: inclinação — angle of a roof surface
  • Spanish: pendiente — angle of a roof surface
  • Dutch: spleetoog — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Estonian: kili — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Finnish: vinosilmä — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • German: Schlitzauge — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • German: Schlitzi — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Hungarian: ferde szemű — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Indonesian: sipit — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Indonesian: mata sipit — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Italian: muso giallo — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Polish: żółtek — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Portuguese: amarelo — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Portuguese: olho puxado — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Russian: узкогла́зый (uzkoglázyj) — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Russian: косогла́зый (kosoglázyj) — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: косооки — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: kosooki — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Spanish: ojo chueco — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Spanish: chuequito — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Swedish: guling — offensive: person of East Asian descent
  • Bulgarian: наклонявам се (naklonjavam se) — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Danish: skråne — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Dutch: glooien — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Finnish: viettää — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Hungarian: lejt — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Hungarian: dől — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Icelandic: halla — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Tuwali Ifugao: tigging — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Māori: kotautau — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Māori: pīnaki — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Māori: auroro — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Māori: kōtautau — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Māori: (w)hirinaki — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Portuguese: inclinar — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Swedish: stupa — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Swedish: luta — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Swedish: slutta — to tend steadily upward or downward
  • Bulgarian: скосявам (skosjavam) — to form with a slope
  • Catalan: lliscar — to form with a slope
  • Czech: sklonit — to form with a slope
  • Czech: zešikmit — to form with a slope
  • Czech: zkosit — to form with a slope
  • Finnish: kallistaa — to form with a slope
  • Finnish: tehdä kallistus — to form with a slope
  • German: ausschrägen — to form with a slope
  • Hungarian: megdönt — to form with a slope
  • Hungarian: lejtőssé tesz — to form with a slope
  • Hungarian: lejtősen alakít ki — to form with a slope
  • Māori: whakataiheke — to form with a slope
  • Bulgarian: офейквам (ofejkvam) — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Dutch: sluipen — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Finnish: livahtaa — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Finnish: hiipiä — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: oson — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: lopózik — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: lopódzik — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: lopakodik — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: surran — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Hungarian: lóg — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Kyrgyz: эңкейүү (eŋkeyüü) — to try to move surreptitiously
  • Bulgarian: държа "на рамо" (dǎrža "na ramo") — military: to hold a rifle at a slope
  • Finnish: pitää olalla — military: to hold a rifle at a slope
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