Slope

Definition: Slope

Slope

Noun

1. An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain".

2. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree grade".

Verb

1. Be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down".

Date "slope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Slope \Slope\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Sloped; Sloping.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	Inclination from the horizontal measured as the tangent of the included angle generally expressed as a percentage. Source: European Union. (references)
	A sloping part of a roof for the diversion of water. Source: European Union. (references)
	An underground excavation that is made in a series of steps or benches. Source: European Union. (references)
	The rise or fall of a ground surface or of the line of a road, ditch, or other linear construction, expressed as one unit vertical to so many units horizontal(e. g. 1/20 or one-in-twenty)or as a per cent or degrees of slope. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	A)in the context of broadband transmission systems, a term deriving from an amplitude/frequency characteristic and used, for example, to express the difference in decibels between the values of gain of an amplifier at two specified frequencies; b)similarly, the difference in decibels in the attenuation between designated points in the network at two frequencies, usually those corresponding to the upper and lower limits of the band transmitted by the system. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	Inclined land surface. Source: European Union. (references)
	The degree of inclination of a land surface. Source: European Union. (references)
	The inclination of the water surface expressed as change of elevation per unit of slope length; the sine of the angle which the surface makes with the horizontal. The tangent of the angle is ordinarily used, no appreciable error resulting except for the steepest slopes. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Slope (1 syl.). To decamp; to run away. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	The angle at which the wall of an open pit or cut stands as measured along an imaginary plane extended along the crests of the berms or from the slope crest to its toe(2). Source: European Union. (references)
Statistics	The amount of change in Y for a one unit change in X. Source: European Union. (references)
Transportation	Glideslope angle to horizontal, usually 3° but steeper for STOL or noise reduction approaches. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Slope

Synonyms: grade (n), gradient (n), side (n), incline (v), pitch (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Avoidance	Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject.
Gulf Lake	Noun: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf.
Heaven	Phrase: "looks through nature up to the nature's god"; "the great world;s altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God"; "the treasury of everlasting joy"; vigeur de dessus.
Obliquity	Noun: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness; Adjective: slopeness; leaning; Verb: bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion; bend; (curve); tower of Pisa.
	Acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe; facilis descensus averni.
Pulverulence	Powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle. (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Arctic Coastal Processes and Slope Protection Design (Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering Monograph) (reference) Rock Slope Engineering (reference) Slope Stability and Stabilization (reference) Slope Stability in Surface Mining (reference) The Geography of Hope: Poets of Colorado's Western Slope (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Commercial Low Slope Roofing Materials Guide (reference) Park Slope Paper (reference) Residential Steep Slope Roofing Materials Guide (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Blues in the Slope (reference) Slope Drifting (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Checkpoint 1301C Slope Pin Set (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta. Credit: NASA.		Conrad and Surveyor on the Slope of a Crater. Credit: NASA.
	Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #9 3-D image of 9,000 square nautical miles Shows Monterey Canyon, continental slope, Pioneer and Guide Seamounts, etc. This image was constructed from over 5,000,000 soundings. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Astoria Channel - to the west of Oregon continental slope Note small ridge-like structures running left to right in image These are artifacts of sounding system and common on flat bottom These artifacts are parallel to survey ship tracks. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Bayou Lafourche was the main channel of the Mississippi River a few thousand years ago. As river bed fills, the river changes course seeking a steeper slope to the sea. If allowed to follow its natural cycle, the Mississippi River would be in the process of changing its course into the bed of the Atchafalaya River. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Flying over the Brooks Range enroute to North Slope. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Oliktok Point, Alaska North Slope Spring 1951. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Bell UH-1M ready to load recruited reindeer for Santa's sleigh. Just kidding! Caribou passing by helicopter supporting bird observation camp on North Slope. Credit: Flying With NOAA.
	Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Girl Scout beach study measuring beach slope gradient. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Gulf of Mexico showing continental slope and Flower Gardens Banks. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There was the ravine, unlooked for, yawning at the very feet of the horses, two fathoms deep between its double slope.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Up the long slope, winding and twisting through dead country, burned white and gray, and no hint of life in it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Moldova	Terrain: Rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea. (references)
	Peru	During the 1980s, cultivation of illicit coca was established in large areas on the eastern Andean slope. (references)
	Morocco	After several attempts focussed along the offshore shelf areas, operators are looking to the deepwater slope and basin of the continental margin for the discovery of major reserves. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Art Linkletter	It's like dancing in the air. When you are skiing fast down the slope, you just put a little pressure on one side and you go to the other side, and it's just the speed, you're just flying.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	The narrow fringe of States along the Atlantic seaboard advanced its frontiers across the hills and plains of an intervening continent until it passed down the golden slope to the Pacific.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Slope" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.14% of the time. "Slope" is used about 1,316 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.14%	1,252	6,255
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.81%	37	56,631
Noun (proper)	1.14%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.91%	12	101,599
Total	100.00%	1,316	N/A

Expressions using "slope": a gentle slope ♦ abbreviated visual approach slope indicator system ♦ alluvial slope ♦ at the slope ♦ back slope ♦ bank slope ♦ barometric slope ♦ be on the slippery slope ♦ change of slope ♦ continental slope ♦ Counter slope ♦ dip slope ♦ erosion slope ♦ forward slope ♦ glide slope ♦ in a gentle slope ♦ isobaric slope ♦ lift curve slope ♦ mountain slope ♦ North Slope ♦ on slope ♦ on the slope ♦ pit slope ♦ rapid slope ♦ reverse slope ♦ rising slope ♦ scree slope ♦ ski slope ♦ slalom slope ♦ slope arms ♦ slope arms! ♦ slope around ♦ slope away ♦ Slope County ♦ slope down ♦ slope gently ♦ slope lift ♦ slope of a mountain ♦ slope of a plane ♦ slope of roof ♦ slope of siltation ♦ slope off ♦ slope sharply ♦ slope up ♦ steep slope ♦ surface slope ♦ talus slope ♦ unstable slope ♦ upward slope ♦ variable slope delta modulation ♦ visual approach slope indicator ♦ West Slope. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "slope": slope-backed, slope-masted, slope-shouldered, slope-type.
	Ending with "slope": down-slope, roof-slope, ski-slope.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "slope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		berghelling (mountain slope). (various references)

Albanian		shpat (bank, descent, incline, side), vend i pjerrët, tatëpjetë (bevel, decline, declivity, descent, dip, down, downhill, downward, downwards, incline, ramp, slant), pjerrem (fall, skew, slant, tilt), pjerrësohet, pjerrësi (cocking, declination, declivity, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, knee, pitch, ramp, recliner, scarp, set, shearing, site, slant, splay, talus, tilt, trim), karakter i rreptë, breg i pjerrët, anoj (bank, careen, incline, lean, solder, tilt). (various references)

Arabic		‏فر (abscond, bolt, break away, decamp, elope, escape, flee, flight, fly, get away, get free, get off, run away, run off, take flight, take to one's heels), ‏ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, disposition, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, sentiment, set, slant, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), ‏منحدر (aslope, chute, decline, declivity, descending, descent, dipped, downgrade, downhill, downward, inclined, slanted, sloped, sloping, talus), ‏مال (assets, be inclined, bend, bent, cant, capital, chattel, coins, estate, feel sympathy for, funds, gold, incline, lean, like, pelf, possessions, property, purse, shekels, skew, slant, sympathize with, tilt, tip), ‏مائل (atilt, awry, bent, bevel, bias, cock eyed, diagonal, inclined, oblique, sidelong, skew, slant, slanted, slantwise, sloping, stooping, thwart, titled), ‏هرب (abscond, contraband, drive away, elope, escape, fled, flee, fleeing, fly, get away, get out of, powder, put to flight, run away, run first, run from smb., run off, shun, smuggle, take flight, take to one's heels, tamper, traffic, turn tail), ‏تحدر (downiness, lean), ‏إنحدار (coming down, decline, declivity, downgrade, downhill, falling, inclination, rake, ramp, scarp, steep, tilt), ‏إنحدر (batter, bevel away, decline, descend, devolve, dip, drop, incline, pitch, run, shelve, slant), ‏إنسحب (draw back, drop, drop out, move back, pull back, pull out, push off, recede, retire, retreat, separate, shag off, smooth away, stand down, step down, subtract, withdraw), ‏رحل (be moved, carry, depart, expel, flit, itinerant, migrant, move, pack up, part, pass, peregrinate, pull out, relay, remove, send back, shift). (various references)

Bulgarian		скат (devil fish, hang, pitch, ramp, shoulder, skat, skate, thornback, whip ray), склон (ascent, decline, declivity, descent, downhill, drop, flank, hang, hanging, hillside, inclination, incline, pitch, pitching, ramp, side, slant, talus, versant), спускам (depress, descend, lour, lower), офейквам (abscond, bunk, cut, cut away, cut one's lucky, decamp, give leg-bail, hop off, leg it, make off, nip off, run off, scamper, scarper, scoot, scuttle off, skedaddle, skip, sling one's hook, take to one's heel, vamoose), откос (bank, bevel, cant, case shot, swath, swathe, windrow), наклонявам (cant, depress, dip, incline, lean, list, slant, tip), наклоненост (inclination, incline, obliquity), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, throw, tilt, versant), полегатост (cant, incline, obliquity, pitch, slant, versant), измъквам се (escape, fink, get out of, hike, recede, ride up, skin away, skip, skulk off, slip off, steal away, steal out, unthread, weasel, work off). (various references)

Chinese		採場 , 倾斜 (Canting, inclined, inclining, lean, Leaned, leaning, Leant, Oblique, raked, raking, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping), 廠 (cliff, depot, factory, workhouse, works, yard), 傾斜 (incline, lean, slant, tilt), 坡 . (various references)

Czech		svah (descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, fall, gradient, Hill, hillside, pitch, ramp, rise, side, steep, upgrade, uphill), sráz (bluff, cliff, escarpment, precipice, rapidity), spád (cadence, dip, downgrade, gradient, hang, inclination, momentum, rate), sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, disposition, drive, fall, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, strain, tendency, tilt, twist), zešikmení. (various references)

Danish		skrænt (acclivity, hillside). (various references)

Dutch		helling (acclivity, hillside), glooiing (acclivity, hillside). (various references)

Esperanto		malsuprenirejo, deklivo (acclivity, hillside). (various references)

Faeroese		halli (acclivity, hillside), brekka (acclivity, hillside). (various references)

Farsi		کجی (Clubfoot, Crook, Curvature, Hade, List, Obliquity, Skew, Slant, Tilt), سرازیری (Bent, Declivity, Dip, Downhill, Pitch, Slide, Tilt), سرازیرشدن (Plummet, Ramp, Top), سراشیب کردن , سربالاءی (Accolade, Ascent, Bent, Rise, Up, Upgrade, Uphill), زمین سراشیب , انحراف (Corruption, Deflexion, Departure, Detour, Deviance, Digression, Inclination, Invert, Leeway, Offset, Perversion, Refraction, Skew, Veer, Yaw), شیب دار (Gradient, Shelvy), شیب (Declivity, Dip, Gradient, Inclination, Incline, Pendant, Rake, Slant, Tilt). (various references)

Finnish		rinne (acclivity, declivity, descent, hillside, mountainside). (various references)

French		pente (gradient of slope). (various references)

Frisian		deldrage (slope down). (various references)

German		Abhang (acclivity, bank, decline, declivity, descent, hillside, incline, scarp), steigung (acclivity, grade, gradient, pitch, rise, riser, rising, upgrade, uprising, upward slope), neigung (affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, declination, decline, dip, disposition, fall, fondness, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, list, obliqueness, penchant, pitch, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rake, slant, taste, tendance, tendency, tilt, turn), hang (acclivity, addiction, addictiveness, hillside, leaning, mountain side, penchant, proclivity, propensity, strain, tendency, turn), abschrägen (bevel, chamfering, skew, slant, to bevel, to slant, to slope). (various references)

Greek		κλίση (acclivity, aptitude, bend, bent, bias, cant, careen, conjugation, flair, flexion, gradient, inclination, inflection, inflexion, leaning, list, penchant, pitch, proclivity, propensity, slant, tendency, tilt, tipping), πλαγιά (flank). (various references)

Hebrew		מעלה (aloft, ascent, lifting, raising, rise, up, upward), מדרון (declivity, gradient, incline, slant), שפוי (bare, incline, smooth, tilt), שפוע (bank, bevel, cant, gradient, incline, obliqueness, rake, rise, slant, splay, tilt, tip). (various references)

Hungarian		rézsű (bevel, chamfer, declivity, escarpment, highwall, scarp, splay), lejtés (batter, downhill, droop, gradient, hang, inclination, pitching, rake, swing), lejtősség (declension, gradient, inclination, incline, rake), lejtős út, emelkedő (climber, grade, gradient, orient, upward). (various references)

Indonesian		mengereng (lean, slant), lerengan, kemiringan (declivity, steepness), dakian (incline). (various references)

Irish		slios (side; slope). (various references)

Italian		pendio (acclivity, addictiveness, ascent, descent, fall, hang, hill, hillside, incline, rise), pendice (hillside, hillslope), pendenza (gradient, inclination, incline, lean, outstanding account, pending suit, slant, tilt), inclinazione (addiction, aptitude, assessment, bend, bent, bias, cant, dip, disposition, fancy, gradient, hang, inclination, lean, liking, penchant, pitch, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, stoop, taste, tendency, tilt, tip). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		斜面 (bevel, slanting surface), 傾斜 (bevel, dip, inclination, list, slant), 坂 (hill). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しゃめん (bevel, remission, slanting surface), さか (hill, refreshments, tea and cakes or sweets), かたむき (bent, bias, disposition, inclination, list, tendency, trend), こうばい (buy, grade, gradient, incline, pitch, public auction, public sale, purchase, red-blossomed plum tree), あがり (advance income, after, ascent, completion, crop yield, death, ex, finish, freshly-drawn green tea, rise, spinning, stop), スロープ , けいしゃめん (inclined plane), けいしゃ (bevel, decanting, dip, inclination, list, poultry house, slant). (various references)

Korean		사면. (various references)

Manx		scoidey (cant, lean, leaning, list, obliqueness), liargagh, lhargagh (defile, descent, dip, downward gradient, fall, hillside), cammey (bow, buckling, crank, crank of object, crook, distort, distortion, hook, hook as finger), battyrail (taper), bai (bias, bye, partiality). (various references)

Pig Latin		opeslay.(various references)

Portuguese		vertente (acclivity, hillside, mountain slope, shed, side), encosta (acclivity, downhill, hill, hillside, side), declive (abruptness, acclivity, cant, climbdown, declination, declivity, declivous, descent, downhill, hang, hillside, incline, lay, ramp, side, slant, slanting, slide, sloping, tilt, weathering), talude (embankment, escarpment, frith, glacis, ramp, rampart, scarp), rampa (acclivity, agger, ascent, bank, hillside, incline, rise, runway, talus, uprise), ladeira (acclivity, ascent, bank, coast, declension, gradient, hang, hill, hillside, ramp, rise, side, slant, tilt), inclinação (addiction, appetite, bent, bias, camber, canting, climbdown, declination, declivity, descent, dip, disposal, disposition, downhill, droop, falling, fellow feeling, fondness, inclination, lean, leaning, like, liking, list, lopsidedness, motion, partiality, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ramp, recession, sag, slant, stomach, tendency, tilt, tip, trend, vocation, will). (various references)

Romanian		sta oblic (be on the slant, bevel), suiş (climbing, up, uphill), pantã (acclivity, chute, cliff, declension, declivity, descent, dip, downhill, fall, glacis, gradient, hade, inclination, incline, ramp, slant, splay, tilt, up), fi înclinat (be out of plumb, hang, rake, shelve), fi în pantã (slant), diferenţã de nivel, declivitate (declivity, fall), înclina (be inclined, bend, bias, bow, incline, incline to, lean against, prejudice, recline, shelve, slant, splay, stoop, tilt, yield), coborâş (down grade), povârniş (descent, dip, fall, glacis, inclination, ramp, scarp, slant, steep), coastã (beach, coast, rib, sea-shore, seaside, shore, side, wing), clinã, şold (haunch, hip, huckle), apleca (be inclined, bend, bow, enslave, hang down, humiliate, incline, lower, stoop, submit, surrender, tilt, tilt over), înclinare (batter, bent, bias, cant, cast, declension, dip, fancy, hang, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, lurch, obliquity, pitching, tilt), costişã (cliff, declivity), povârni (slant), versant (side), povârnire, poziţie cu arma la umãr, prãvãliş (steepness), pripor (descent), rãsturniş, rampã (acclivity, banister, banisters, barrier, float, footlights, grade, handrail, limelight, platform, ramp, stage-lights), tãia pieziş, tãpşan, taluz (batter), tihãraie (ravine), urcuş (ascent, up, up grade, uphill, uprise), ponor. (various references)

Russian		уклон (bias, deviation, dip, downgrade, draft, draught, fall, grade, gradient, incline, plane, ply, ramp, slant, taper). (various references)

Scottish		leathad (declivity, declivity hillside, side of a hill). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		strana (page, part, side), ugao nagiba, padina (bias, dip, downhill, hillside, scarp, sklent), padati koso, nizbrdica (descent, downgrade), nagnuti (bank, cant, heel, incline, lean, slant, tilt, tip), nagib (bank, bevel, bias, camber, cant, descent, escarp, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, lean, list, offset, pitch, slant, tilt, tip, weathering), kosina (bevel, descent, skew, slant). (various references)

Spanish		cuesta (acclivity, ascent, costs, does it cost, Hill, hillside, incline, it costs, rise, upgrade), pendiente (abruptness, acclivity, bank, Bob, Catkin, clevis, descent, dip, drop, ear-drop, earring, grade, hanging, incline, outstanding, pendant, pendent, pending, pitch, unsettled, upgrade). (various references)

Swedish		sluttning (cant, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downhill, fall, Hill, hillside, incline, pitch, slant), slutta (bevel, decline, dip, fall, incline, shelve, sink, slant, verge), slänt (talus), backe (ascent, hill). (various references)

Thai		พื้นที่ลาดเอียง, ทำให้ลาดเอียง, ลาดเอียง. (various references)

Turkish		yokuş (acclivity, ascent, bank, declination, descent, dip, downgrade, glacis, Hill, incline, pitch, raise, ramp, upgrade), yamaç (Brae, brow, declivity, fall, hillside, shoulder), omuza asmak, meyilli olmak (batter, be inclined, lean, shelve, slant, squint, sway), meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, declivity, gradient, gravitation, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, talus, tendency, tide, tilt, trend), eğri koymak, eğimli yer, eğimli olmak (fall, fall away, pitch, trend), eğim yapmak (dip, incline), eğim (bevel, cant, declination, dip, elevation, fall, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, my better half, obliquity, pitch, slant, tilt, tip), bayır (acclivity, ascent, Brae, declivity, Foothill, glacis), şevlendirmek, şev (glacis, splay). (various references)

Turkmen		яapgyt (incline), яapbaюak (pitch), eссit (pitch), eсaюak (descent, lowering). (various references)

Ukrainian		скат (chute, devil fish, skate, tobacco-box), хилитися (careen), нахиляти (cant, droop, incline, lean, slant, stoop, tilt, tip, tip up), нахил (bend, bent, cant, declination, droop, hang, inclination, incline, lurch, notion, obliqueness, obliquity, palate, ply, proclivity, propensity, tilt, tip), мати нахил (pitch). (various references)

Vietnamese		dốc (bias, declivity, gradient, ramp, slopewise, sloping, steep, uphill, versant), chỗ dốc (rise, risen, steep), đường dốc (ascent, gradient, uphill). (various references)

Welsh		tyle (couch, hill), rhediad (running, trend), osgo (air, attitude, inclination, slant), llethr (declivity), llechwedd (hillside), gwyro (bend, stoop, swerve), goledd (slant), gogwyddo (incline, lean). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	clinamen, clivum, euergetis, fastigio, fastigium, vergebat, vergens, vergentem, vergentis, vergit, vergunt. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	scala. (various references)
Italian	900-Modern	scarpa. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	talu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 8, Verse 33
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Exelqonta de ta daimonia apo tou anqrwpou eishlqen eiV touV coirouV kai wrmhsen h agelh kata tou krhmnou eiV thn limnhn kai apepnigh
Latin	405	Vulgate	Exierunt ergo daemonia ab homine et intraverunt in porcos et impetu abiit grex per praeceps in stagnum et suffocatus est
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa eodon hig of þam men on þa swyn. þa ferde seo heord myculum ræse on ðæne mere and wearð þar adruncen;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And so the deuelis wenten out fro the man, and entriden in to the swyne; and with a birre the flok wente heedlyng in to the pool, and was drenchid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Then went the devyls out of the man and entred into the swyne: And the heerd toke their course and ran heedlynge into the lake and were choked.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then the demons went out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 8, Verse 33
Cebuano	Unya ang mga yawa nanggula gikan sa tawo ug misulod sa mga baboy, ug ang panon mihaguros pagdulhog sa pangpang ngadto sa lanaw ug nangalumos.
Croatian	Tada zlodusi iziðoše iz èovjeka i uðoše u svinje. Krdo jurnu niz obronak u jezero i podavi se.
Danish	Men de onde Ånder fore ud at Manden og fore i Svinene, og Hjorden styrtede sig ned over Brinken ud i Søen og druknede.
Dutch	En de duivelen, uitvarende van den mens, voeren in de zwijnen; en de kudde stortte van de steilte af in het meer; en versmoorde.
Finnish	Niin riivaajat lähtivät ulos miehestä ja menivät sikoihin. Silloin lauma syöksyi jyrkännettä alas järveen ja hukkui.
French	Les démons sortirent de cet homme, entrèrent dans les pourceaux, et le troupeau se précipita des pentes escarpées dans le lac, et se noya.
German	Da fuhren die Teufel aus von dem Menschen und fuhren in die Säue; und die Herde stürzte sich von dem Abhange in den See und ersoff.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka roh-roh jahat itu keluar dari orang itu dan masuk ke dalam babi-babi itu. Lalu babi-babi itu lari dan terjun dari pinggir jurang ke dalam danau, kemudian tenggelam.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka keluarlah setan itu daripada orang itu serta masuk ke dalam babi; maka terjunlah sekawan babi itu dari tempat yang curam ke dalam tasik, lalu mati lemas.
Latvian	Tad ïaunie gari, izgâjuði no cilvçka, iegâja cûkâs; un ganâmais pulks no kraujas strauji metâs ezerâ un noslîka.
Manx Gaelic	Eisht hie ny drogh-spyrrydyn ass y dooinney, as hie ad stiagh ayns ny muckyn: as roie yn ghriagh gour nyn mullee lesh yn eaynee gys y cheayn, as v'ad plooghit.
Maori	A, ko te putanga o aua rewera i roto i te tangata, ka tomo ki roto ki nga poaka: na ko te tino rerenga o te kahui ra te pari ki te moana, a paremo iho.
Portuguese	E tendo os demônios saído do homem, entraram nos porcos; e a manada precipitou-se pelo despenhadeiro no lago, e afogou-se.
Rumanian	Dracii au iewit din omul acela, au intrat kn porci, wi turma s`a repezit de pe rkpq kn lac, wi s`a knecat.
Shuar	Nuna takui íwianch aishmannumia Jíinkiar kuchiniam wayawarmiayi. Túram kuchisha Nánatanam akaiki iniaawar entsanam utsanawarmiayi. Túrunawar jakekarmiayi.
Swahili	Kwa hiyo pepo hao wakamtoka yule mtu, wakawaingia wale nguruwe, nao wakaporomoka kwenye ule mteremko mkali, wakatumbukia ziwani, wakazama majini.
Swedish	Då gåvo sig de onda andarna åstad ut ur mannen och foro in i svinen. Och hjorden störtade sig utför branten ned i sjön och drunknade.
Uma	Malai mpu'u-ramo seta ngkai rala tauna toei, kaliliu mesua' hi wawu. Pesua' -ra hi wawu toe, mparampuli-ramo-rawo wawu hilou mengkajuala' hi rano, mate bonga-ramo hi rala ue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "slope": sloped, sloper, slopers, slopes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "slope": aslope, downslope. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slope" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alope, Salope, skope, slappe, slobe, sloge, slome, slone, sloopy, slopp, slore, slote, sloupe, slove, slowe, snope, sopi, spope. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "slope" (pronounced slō"p)
3	-l ō" p	elope, lope.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lopes, poles.
	Words within the letters "e-l-o-p-s"
	-1 letter: epos, lope, lops, lose, oles, opes, peso, pole, pols, pose, sloe, slop, sole.
	-2 letters: els, lop, oes, ole, ope, ops, ose, pes, pol, sel, sol, sop.
	-3 letters: el, es, lo, oe, op, os, pe, so.
	Words containing the letters "e-l-o-p-s"
	+1 letter: aslope, elopes, gospel, lopers, loupes, peplos, pilose, poleis, polers, polies, proles, sloped, sloper, slopes, splore.
	+2 letters: apostle, closeup, compels, couples, deploys, deposal, despoil, diploes, dipoles, elopers, employs, epilogs, epsilon, escalop, espanol, exposal, gospels, hopples, leprose, leprosy, leprous, leptons, loopers, loppers, paroles, pedalos, pelorus, pelotas, peoples, petrols, peyotls, phenols, phloems, phloxes, pileous, pinoles, piolets, pistole, plessor, plexors, plosive, plotzes, plovers, plowers, plumose, polders, poleyns, polices, pollees, pollens, pollers, pomelos, pommels, poodles, popples, pottles, presold, prolegs, propels, pueblos, pumelos, replots, repolls, reposal, slopers, slopped, splodge, splores, spoiled, spoiler, spooled, sporule, stopple, topless, topples, tupelos.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Down the Western Slope of the Canadian Rockies Through Kicking Horse Pass (1899)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
slope	145	slope indicator	16
samantha slope	71	lemony slippery slope snicket	16
landscaping on a slope	57	gardening slope	16
park slope	50	apartment park slope	15
line slope	48	roof slope	15
slippery slope	47	landscape slope	15
formula slope	39	course golf slope	14
slope stability	32	form point slope	14
brooklyn park slope	30	slope soaring	14
rating slope	26	field slope	14
course golf rating slope	24	by lemony slippery slope snicket	13
eastern slope inn	23	equation slope	13
real estate park slope	23	north slope	12
golf rating slope	22	calculate slope	11
golf slope	22	event series slippery slope unfortunate	11
form intercept slope	22	formula point slope	11
intercept slope	21	coop food park slope	11
math slope	18	barbecue slope	11
ski slope	17	park realty slope	10
north slope borough	17	calculating slope	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Down the slope" by Lukasz Kinalczyk Commentary: "Me on the slope in a Krakow's park."	"Rich" by Andrew Millington Commentary: "Suffering from slope fatigue above Tignes, France."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Slope

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Avoidance

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

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Art Linkletter

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Calvin Coolidge

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