1a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface:he slithered helplessly down the slope
a difference in level or sideways position between the two ends or sides of a thing:the roof should have a slope sufficient for proper drainage [mass noun]:the backward slope of the chair
(often slopes) a part of the side of a hill or mountain, especially as a place for skiing:a ten-minute cable car ride delivers you to the slopes
the gradient of a graph at any point.
Electronics the mutual conductance of a valve, numerically equal to the gradient of one of the characteristic curves of the valve.
2US informal, offensive a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.
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Universal
1 [no object] (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down:the garden sloped down to a streamthe ceiling sloped
[with object] place or arrange in a sloping position:Poole sloped his shoulders (as adjective sloped)a sloped leather writing surface
2 [no object, with adverbial of direction]British informal move in an idle or aimless manner:I had seen Don sloping about the beach
(slope off) leave unobtrusively, typically in order to evade work or duty:the men sloped off looking ashamed of themselves
at the slope
Military (of a rifle) held with the barrel on the left shoulder and the butt in the left hand.
