slope
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
[change]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Rastkogel_ski_slope.jpg/220px-Rastkogel_ski_slope.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Slope_picture.svg/220px-Slope_picture.svg.png)
- A slope is one side of a hill.
- We will have to climb up this slope to get to the top of the hill.
- (mathematics) The slope of a line is how far up it goes divided by how far along it goes.
- Synonym: gradient
- (vulgar) A slope is a person that is Chinese or of a race in East Asia.
Verb
[change]
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- If something slopes, it goes either up or down.
- The hill slopes down at this point.