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n. a downward slope.
Syn. -- descent, declivity, fall, decline. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Aeronautics) 1. the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide path. [ PJC ]

2. The path indicated by a radio beacon as the proper path for an airplane to use in approaching a landing strip. [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sloping. “Down the slope hills.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sloping manner. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sloped p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]