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(1):

(a.) Sloping.

(2):

(v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

(3):

(v. i.) 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.

(4):

(v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

(5):

(v. t.) 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.

(6):

(n.) The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

(7):

(adv.) In a sloping manner.

(8):

(v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slope'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/slope.html. 1828.
 
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