slope: Meaning and Definition of

slope

1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward.

1. to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams.
2. to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment.
3. to make one's way out slowly or furtively.

1. ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill.
2. inclination or slant, esp. downward or upward.
3. deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
4. an inclined surface.
5. Usually,hills, esp. foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
1. the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates.
2. the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point.
7. . an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.