slope
🇺🇸
/sləʊp/
🇬🇧
/sləʊp/
noun
B2
A surface that is higher at one end than the other.
The slope of the hill made it hard to climb.
B2
The side of a mountain or hill.
We hiked up the steep slope of the mountain.
B2
How much something is slanted.
The slope of the roof keeps water from pooling.
intransitive verb
B2
To be higher at one end than the other.
The path slopes down to the river.
B2
To be at an angle, not straight.
The old fence slopes to one side.
translation
A surface that is higher at one end than the other.; The side of a mountain or hill.; How much something is slanted.
To be higher at one end than the other.; To be at an angle, not straight.
Word Forms
3rd Present
slopes
Past
sloped
Perfect
sloped
Progressive
sloping
Plural
slopes