Slope

What do we mean by slope?

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: synonym: slant. intransitive verb

To move or walk. intransitive verb

To cause to slope. intransitive verb

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction. noun

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline. noun

A deviation from the horizontal. noun

The amount or degree of such deviation. noun

The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa. noun

The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface. noun

Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry. noun

Inclined or inclining from a horizontal direction; forming an angle with the plane of the horizon; slanting; aslant.

An oblique direction; obliquity; slant; especially, a direction downward; as, a piece of timber having a slight slope. noun

A declivity or acclivity; any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. noun

Specifically— In civil engineering, an inclined bank of earth on the sides of a cutting or an embankment. See grade, 2. noun

In coal-mining, an inclined passage driven in the bed of coal and open to the surface: a term rarely if ever used in metal-mines, in which shafts that are not vertical are called inclines. See shaft and incline. noun

In fort., the inclined surface of the interior, top, or exterior of a parapet or other portion of a work. See cut under parapet. noun

In mathematics, the rate of change of a scalar function of a vector, relatively to that of the variable, in the direction in which this change is a maximum. noun

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline. intransitive verb

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.

The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Words that are spelled similarly to slope:
slope, scope, elope, lope, slop, sloe, stope, sope, aslope, slops, swope, slype, slipe, slone, sloke, slopy, shope, slape, slowe, clope, slove, alope.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slope:
steeper, tangent, sloping, gently, slopes, steep, gradient, andes, curve, ridge, overlooking, erosion, volcano, glacier, plateau, mountain, elevation, alaska, stability, crest, drainage, angle, hill, mount, ski, summit, flows, mountains, graph, terrain, brooklyn, valleys, vertical, sierra, rises, terrace, crater, horizontal, lift, soil, vegetation, canyon, altitude, peak, equation, snow, valley, hills, plain, basin, linear, borough, rating, flow, degrees, stream, above, rocky, depth, reaches, height, nevada, rocks, bottom, roof, flat, facing, continental, heights, metres, trail.

Words that rhyme with slope:
trope, hope, scope, dope, cope, envelope, rope, grope, misanthrope, soap, telescope, heliotrope, elope, antelope, tope, microscope, kaleidoscope, mope, lope, pope, nope, isotope, periscope, stope, cantaloupe, horoscope, stethoscope, allotrope, gyroscope, endoscope, epitope, sope, oscilloscope, tightrope, swope, ophthalmoscope, interscope, jump rope, proctoscope, bronchoscope, soft soap, winter heliotrope, laryngoscope, guy rope, gastroscope, pronghorn antelope, shope, partenope, light microscope, strope, polariscope, cape of good hope, isentrope, forlorn hope, electron microscope, floral envelope, reflecting telescope, green soap, saddle soap, radio telescope, softsoap, bar soap, american antelope, sable antelope, goat antelope, newtonian telescope, optical telescope, astronomical telescope, skip rope, skipping rope, toilet soap, window envelope, pay envelope, bath soap, liquid soap, schoepf, towing rope, compound microscope, gregorian telescope, leather soap, shaving soap, face soap, schmidt telescope, garden heliotrope, galilean telescope, harnessed antelope, antroscope, ridge rope, solar telescope, invert soap, simple microscope, groep, kope, koepp, schoepp, knope, koep, koeppe, marketscope, schoepe.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slope:
steep, gentle, western, eastern, slippery, continental, southern, long, negative, northern, positive, downward, north, grassy, west, lower, steeper, initial, south, gradual, average, east, rocky, upper, slight, opposite, maximum, upward, constant, natural, green, atlantic, reverse, wooded, down, outer, bottom, uniform, open, steepest, mean, smooth, forward, easy, hill, posterior, precipitous, sunny, inner, covered, flat, sandy, gentler, minimum, moderate, sharp, shallow, bare, dual, back, far, downstream, degree, front, vertical, upstream, linear, infinite, longitudinal, mild, northwest, abrupt.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slope:
deflection, stability, ratio, form, area, intercept, angle, stakes, failure, measurements, deflexion, discharge, the, wash, method, exposure, wall, indians, protection, elevation, sword, measurement, rafters, deviation, equation, angles, birds, taping, culture, front, types, currents, zone, formula, type, water, distance, padre, stake, staking.

Consonant match to slope:
sleep, slip, slap, slop, sloop, slurp, slype, slipe, slape, slapp.

Words that sound like slope:
slope, sleep, slip, slap, slop, slep, sloop, slup, slipp, slapp, slape, slipe, slaap, slype, sloup, slow, soap, slob, slab, slopes, slo, sloe, sope, slopy, sloped, slub, swope, slowe, sloper, slp, slow up, slib, aslope, sleb, soep, sohp, slowh, elope, asleep, sip, sleepy, scope, slept, sleigh, slay, sleeps, sap, sleeper, seep, slee, slapped, slew, slapper, slaw, slaps, sep, slappy, sapp, cep, seap, cip, sley, sla, sipp, sape, sepp, sipe, slerp, sepe, sely, ceap, cpe, cely, islip, cyp, scip, seip, slb, slemp, salop, siop, siup, seipp, ceop, slai, slea, sew up, psyop, sippe, seop, siep, salep, saap, slaie, c.p, sell up, slaa, siap, slarp, aslap.