slope 1 of 2

noun

Definition of slopenext
as in incline
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb

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slope

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verb

as in to tilt
to set or cause to be at an angle they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street

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Recent Examples of slope
Noun
Rex Hill Rex Hill is named for a slope in the Chehalem Mountains where trains owned by the Portland & Western line once crossed. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026 On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
Birds chirp in the tree branches above, and a large yellow butterfly alights on a leaf before flapping away into the sloping sunshine. — Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026 As the moon moves eastwards along that low-sloping path, much of its nightly movement is sideways along the horizon rather than steeply down below it. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slope
  1. incline
  2. tilt
  3. inclination
  4. angle
  5. gradient
  6. lean
Noun
  • Lemmo With this kind of kit, the Lemmo 3 should be up to the task of tackling steep inclines and all manner of rough terrain.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Release the trigger on the handle, and the wagon stops, even on an incline.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of incline
Verb
  • Every moment a restaurant is not open, the balance sheet tilts a little more toward the red.
    — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Reczek and Bosley-Smith acknowledge that people with especially conflictual parental relationships were less likely to authorize parent interviews, leaving that parent subsample tilted toward more positive ties.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tilt
Noun
  • At Roberto Cavalli, makeup artist Yadim had the same inclination for highly pigmented metallic shades, a choice that punctuated key looks also at Jil Sander.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI’s closest rival, Anthropic, has shown no inclination to delay its own IPO, which is expected sometime before year’s end.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of inclination
Verb
  • On Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, before a panel of judges and a crowd of hundreds, 14 residents took turns angling into tight spaces in the city’s first parallel parking championship.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Presidents angled for monuments honoring their predecessors, not themselves.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of angle
Noun
  • Combinations of hairy suede and pebbled leather, including a flattering blush-blond gradient, were also introduced.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The company also claims the X7 can tackle gradients of up to 30 degrees.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of gradient
Verb
  • Tijerina is part of a coalition of Hispanic and Latino voters who have long leaned Democratic but have more recently shown a willingness to vote for both parties.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Some conservatives have argued that they've been unfairly targeted by financial institutions, although the OCC found that some banks had also refused to do business with Democratic-leaning organizations.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of lean

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“Slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slope. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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