slope
noun
[ sləʊp ]
• a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.
• "he slithered helplessly down the slope"
• a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.
slope
verb
• (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.
• "the garden sloped down to a stream"
Similar:
slant,
incline,
tilt,
drop away,
fall away,
decline,
descend,
sink,
shelve,
lean,
dip,
rise,
ascend,
climb,
at a slant,
on the slant,
at an angle,
not straight,
slanting,
slanted,
slantwise,
oblique,
leaning,
inclining,
inclined,
angled,
cambered,
canted,
askew,
skew,
lopsided,
crooked,
tilting,
tilted,
atilt,
dipping,
out of true,
out of line,
squint,
declivitous,
declivous,
acclivitous,
acclivous,
• move in an idle or aimless manner.
• "I had seen Don sloping about the beach"
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb with reference to aimless or unobtrusive movement may be related to lope.
at the slope
• (of a rifle) held with the barrel on the left shoulder and the butt in the left hand.
