slope
/sloʊp/ noun B1- A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer. · the slope
- An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. · I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.· a steep slope
- The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. · The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
- The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line. · The slope of this line is 0.5
- The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point. · The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
- 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). · The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
- a concept or idea which suggests a type of oblique or accelerating progression · The habit of lying can quickly become a slippery slope.
- An East or Southeast Asian person, especially one that is Chinese.
Plural slopes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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.
Even when they had passed out and were driving down the long slope to Newbridge she never moved or spoke.
There was a little gray house peering around a white apple orchard on a slope beyond and, although it was not yet quite dark, a light was shining from one of its windows.
Orchard Slope’s the name of his place.
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