The meaning of Slope

verb

Go up or climb.

Usage examples:

She ascended the stairs

verb

To move up or climb something

Usage examples:

[ t ] they slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain., [ i ] a long flight of steps ascends (=…

verb

Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

Usage examples:

We began to climb the hill

noun

An ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

Usage examples:

This walk involves a long moorland climb

verb

Go up or advance

verb

(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.

Usage examples:

The birth rate continued to decline

noun

A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.

Usage examples:

A serious decline in bird numbers

verb

To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken

Usage examples:

His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

verb

Move or fall downwards.

Usage examples:

The aircraft began to descend

verb

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb

To go down or come down something

Usage examples:

[ i ] the path descends to the valley below., [ t ] jane descended the stairs slowly in her wedding…

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

phrasal verb

Get worse

phrasal verb

To begin to sleep

Usage examples:

I must have dropped off during the show, because i don’t remember how it ended., i’m about to leave…

phrasal verb

To become lower in level, value, price, etc.

Usage examples:

Business dropped off a little during the summer., the company's growth dropped off steadily to 0.3%…

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

noun

A tendency or partiality of a particular kind.

Usage examples:

He is quite vocal about his political leanings

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

verb

Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.

Usage examples:

We had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day

verb

(of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.

Usage examples:

The ground shelved gently down to the water

verb

To put something on a shelf or shelves

Usage examples:

Would you shelve these books while i unpack the rest?, i shelved plans to buy a new car, because i …

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Usage examples:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Usage examples:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

adjective

Sloping or leaning in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

A slanted roof

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

adjective

Sloping in one direction

Usage examples:

Slanted media coverage is increasing public support for the war.

adjective

Positioned or directed in a sloping or oblique direction.

Usage examples:

The slanting beams of the roof

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

adjective

Sloping in one direction

Usage examples:

Swiss chalets have steeply slanting roofs, so that snow does not settle on them.

adjective

Situated at an angle or moving in a sloping direction.

Usage examples:

A slantwise glance

adverb

At an angle or in a sloping direction.

Usage examples:

The bird veers and drops slantwise towards the wood

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

Usage examples:

The tilt of her head

verb

Lean over; tip