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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slope \Slope\, a.
     Sloping. "Down the slope hills." --Milton.
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           A bank not steep, but gently slope.      --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slope \Slope\, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE.
     slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of
        the horizon.
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              buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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              Under the slopes of Pisgah.           --Deut. iv.
                                                    49. (Rev.
                                                    Ver.).
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     3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining
        to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
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     Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity;
           considered as ascending, an acclivity.
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     {Slope of a plane} (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as,
        parallel planes have the same slope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slope \Slope\, adv.
     In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sloping}.]
     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slope \Slope\, v. i.
     1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the
        plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
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     2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slope
       n 1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
            slope"; "the house was built on the side of the
            mountain" [syn: {incline}, {side}]
       2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
          from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: {gradient}]
       v : be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: {incline}, {pitch}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "slope":
     acclivity, angle, angularity, ascend, ascent, bank, bend, bevel,
     bezel, camber, cant, careen, chute, climb, decline, declivity,
     deflection, descend, descent, deviation, dip, downgrade, drop,
     drop off, easy slope, fall, fall away, fall off, fleam,
     gentle slope, glacis, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient,
     hanging gardens, heel, helicline, hill, hillside, inclination,
     incline, inclined plane, keel, launching ramp, lean, leaning,
     leaning tower, list, mount, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, rake,
     ramp, recline, retreat, rise, scarp, shelve, shelving beach, side,
     sidle, sink, skew, slant, steep slope, stiff climb, swag, sway,
     talus, tilt, tip, tower of Pisa, upgrade, uprise
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Slope -- U.S. County in North Dakota
     Population (2000):    767
     Housing Units (2000): 451
     Land area (2000):     1217.939586 sq. miles (3154.448913 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.282691 sq. miles (3.322154 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1219.222277 sq. miles (3157.771067 sq. km)
     Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
     Location:             46.428212 N, 103.439994 W
     Headwords:
      Slope
      Slope, ND
      Slope County
      Slope County, ND
  

















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