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slope

(sl/oU/p )

an elevated geological formation(noun.object)

Example:
He climbed the steep slope.

Synonym:
incline, side

source: wordnet30
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
gradient

source: wordnet30
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)

source: webster1913
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.(noun)

source: webster1913

be at an angle(verb.motion)

Example:
The terrain sloped down.

Synonym:
incline, pitch

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.(verb)

source: webster1913

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