[
UK
/slˈəʊp/
]
[ US /ˈsɫoʊp/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫoʊp/ ]
VERB
-
be at an angle
The terrain sloped down
NOUN
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
a five-degree gradient -
an elevated geological formation
he climbed the steep slope
the house was built on the side of a mountain
How To Use slope In A Sentence
- She is also part of a large group of oceanographers and taphonomists of the SSETI project (Shelf / Slope Taphonomic Initiative) examining carbonate preservation and destruction across the shelf and slope regions in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas using submersibles.
- Tumbling down slopes near Wawona at the south end of the park, Chilnualna Creek - at its fattest and fastest this time of year - creates a series of foaming cascades around giant boulders.
- The garden sloped gently downward to the river.
- After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
- The fans certainly looked like they didn't have a care in the world as they lay in their hundreds sunning themselves on the grassy slopes surrounding the stadium in the hours before the game.
- Statistical analysis for significant difference in the slope of mutant induction in the presence or absence of vanillin was performed using the f-test for comparison of slopes.
- The south slope is more gentle and ends in a marshy bay.
- I was haunted by the beauty of the landscape all about, of the natural ferneries then disappearing, and of the domed forest-trees on the slopes, and was fortunate in meeting a gentleman intent on preserving in art the beauties of his country. Sailing Alone Around the World
- It is generally longer than it is wide and its floor slopes downwards towards a junction either with another valley or a plain.
- Trevelez is, perhaps, Spain's highest village, the gateway to the Upper Sierra Nevada and the winter ski-slopes, and was as high as I drove.