SLOPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does slope mean?
• SLOPE (noun)
The noun SLOPE has 2 senses:
1. an elevated geological formation
2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Familiarity information: SLOPE used as a noun is rare.
• SLOPE (verb)
The verb SLOPE has 1 sense:
1. be at an angle
Familiarity information: SLOPE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SLOPE (noun)
Meaning:
An elevated geological formation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
incline; slope; side
Context examples:
he climbed the steep slope / the house was built on the side of a mountain
Hypernyms ("slope" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slope"):
ski slope (a snow-covered slope for skiing)
mountainside; versant (the side or slope of a mountain)
hillside (the side or slope of a hill)
escarpment; scarp (a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion)
declension; declination; decline; declivity; descent; downslope; fall (a downward slope or bend)
coast (a slope down which sleds may coast)
acclivity; ascent; climb; raise; rise; upgrade (an upward slope or grade (as in a road))
bank (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water))
bank; camber; cant (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
canyonside (the steeply sloping side of a canyon)
Holonyms ("slope" is a part of...):
elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gradient; slope
Context example:
a five-degree gradient
Hypernyms ("slope" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slope"):
grade (the gradient of a slope or road or other surface)
pitch; rake; slant (degree of deviation from a horizontal plane)
abruptness; precipitousness; steepness (the property possessed by a slope that is very steep)
gentleness; gradualness (the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual)
• SLOPE (verb)
Meaning:
Be at an angle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slope; incline; pitch
Context example:
The terrain sloped down
Hypernyms (to "slope" is one way to...):
angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip (to incline or bend from a vertical position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slope"):
ascend (slope upwards)
stoop (sag, bend, bend over or down)
fall (slope downward)
climb (slope upward)
dip (slope downwards)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
