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▸ noun: The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
▸ noun: (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
▸ noun: (mathematics, of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
▸ noun: 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).
▸ noun: (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
▸ verb: (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
▸ verb: (UK, colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
▸ verb: (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Sloping.
▸ adverb: (obsolete) slopingly
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steep,
gentle,
western,
eastern,
slippery,
continental,
southern,
long,
negative,
northern,
positive
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