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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