adj
Meaning 1
Sloping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Sloping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
slopingly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
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
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noun
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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
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noun
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
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noun
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
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noun
a concept or idea which suggests a type of oblique or accelerating progression
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An East or Southeast Asian person, especially one that is Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar
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noun
A hasty departure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
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verb
To tend steadily upward or downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
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
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verb
To try to move surreptitiously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial, usually
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verb
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
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noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gradient
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, spatial relation
Narrower terms: grade, pitch, rake, slant, abruptness, precipitousness, steepness, gradualness, gentleness
noun
an elevated geological formation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
verb
be at an angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: incline, pitch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
Narrower terms: ascend, stoop, fall, climb, dip
History
From aslope (adjective, adverb).
Across languages
311 source translations are retained for this English entry.