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An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

(of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

(of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.

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).

(ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

To tend steadily upward or downward.

To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

(followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

(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.

(obsolete) Sloping.

(obsolete) slopingly