slope

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slope /sl'oʊp/ (slopes sloping sloped)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.
Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.
...the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing
A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
The street must have been on a slope.
= incline
3 [VERB] V adv/prep, V
If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
The bank sloped down sharply to the river...
The garden sloped quite steeply.
● sloping [ADJ]
...a brick building, with a sloping roof.
...the gently sloping beach.
4 [VERB] V adv/prep
If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.
The writing sloped backwards...
= slant
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of n
The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes.
The slope increases as you go up the curve.
...a slope of ten degrees.
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see also ski slope
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slippery slope: see slipperydry ski slope (dry ski slopes)
or dry slope
[N-COUNT]
A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.ski slope (ski slopes)
[N-COUNT]
A ski slope is a sloping surface which you can ski down, either on a snow-covered mountain or on a specially made structure.

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