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to slope
01
to incline or slant in a particular direction
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
movement verb
regular
present tense
slope
3rd person singular
slopes
present participle
sloping
past simple
sloped
past participle
sloped
Examples
The mountain road sloped steeply upward, making it challenging for the cyclists to ascend.
Slope
01
an area of land or surface that is higher at one end or side than another
Examples
They hiked up the steep slope to reach the mountain's peak.
02
a raised landform, hill, or incline
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
slopes
Examples
The hikers climbed the steep slope.
03
the measure of how steep a line is, found by dividing the change in height by the change in horizontal distance
Examples
The slope of the line between points ( 1, 2 ) and ( 3, 6 ) is 2.
