slope
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.Examples: "The slope of this line is 0.5"countableuncountable
2. (mathematics, of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.Examples: "The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x."countableproscribedsometimesuncountable
3. (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.countableethnicoffensivesluruncountablevulgar
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.Examples: "The road slopes sharply down at that point."; "If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough."; "St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right."intransitive
2. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.Examples: "to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"transitive
3. (UK, colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.Examples: "I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."; "She watched him disappear out of sight, before sloping back to her room."UKcolloquialusually
4. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.Examples: "The order was given to "slope arms"."
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Sloping.Examples: "A bank not steep, but gently slope."; "Down the slope hills."obsolete
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) slopinglyExamples: "So promis'd he; and Uriel to his charge Return'd on that bright beam , whose point now rais'd , Bore him slope downward to the sun"obsolete
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary