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   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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   ☞ 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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   Slope, a. Sloping. “Down the slope hills.”  Milton.
   
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   A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
   
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   Slope, adv. In a sloping manner. [Obs.]  Milton.
   
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   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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   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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