slope
/sloʊp/ verb C2- To tend steadily upward or downward. · The road slopes sharply down at that point.
- To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. · to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
- To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder. · The order was given to "slope arms".
He/she/it slopes · Past sloped · Past participle sloped · -ing form sloping
Verb forms
- Base form
- slope
- He/she/it
- slopes
- Past
- sloped
- Past participle
- sloped
- -ing form
- sloping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Through the gap in the trees a light was shining in the western gable of Orchard Slope, a token that Diana was also up.
After breakfast the jaunty new cap and jacket were donned, and Anne hastened over the brook and up through the firs to Orchard Slope.
The sun was coming in at the window warm and bright; the orchard on the slope below the house was in a bridal flush of pinky-white bloom, hummed over by a myriad of bees.
The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple; while
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