| slope | |
| 1. n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. | |
| I had to climb a small slope to get to the site. | |
| 2. n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. | |
| The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point. | |
| 3. n. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical. | |
| The slope of this line is 0.5 | |
| 4. n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point. | |
| The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x. | |
| 5. n. 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). | |
| The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater. | |
| 6. n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward. | |
| The road slopes sharply down at that point. | |
| 8. v. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. | |
| to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment | |
| 9. v. (colloquial usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously. | |
| I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me. | |
| 10. v. (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. | |
| The order was given to "slope arms". | |
| 11. adj. (obsolete) Sloping. | |
| 12. adv. (obsolete) slopingly | |
