slope
1. slope \'slo-p\ aj [ME slope, adv., obliquely] : SLANTING, SLOPING
2. slope vi 1: to take an oblique course 2: to lie or fall in a slant :
INCLINE 3: GO, TRAVEL : to incline or slant - slop.er n
3. slope n 1: ground that forms a natural or artificial incline 2: upward
or downward slant or inclination or degree of slant 3: the part of a
continent draining to a particular ocean 4a: the tangent of the angle made
by a straight line with the x-axis 4b: the slope of the line tangent to a
plane curve at a point