slope

[slope]

If you find yourself on a slippery slope, watch out: you could be sliding down a hill. Land that is not level is called a slope. Slope can also be a verb, as in land that slopes down to sea level.

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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.

Noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"

Noun
an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"

Verb
be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

v. i.
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.

v. i.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

a.
Sloping.

adv.
In a sloping manner.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

v. i.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.

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. 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
&hand; 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

Slope, a. Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.

Slope

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

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.

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. 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]

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.

Sloping.

In a sloping manner.

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.

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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Usage Examples

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.