slope

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an elevated geological formation (Freq. 11)
- he climbed the steep slope
- the house was built on the side of a mountain
• Syn:
incline, side
• Derivationally related forms:
incline (for: incline)
• Hypernyms:
geological formation, formation
• Hyponyms:
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb,
upgrade, bank, cant, camber, canyonside, coast,
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension,
downslope, escarpment, scarp, hillside, mountainside, versant,
piedmont, ski slope
• Part Holonyms:
natural elevation, elevation
2. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal (Freq. 4)
- a five-degree gradient
• Syn:
gradient
• Hypernyms:
position, spatial relation
• Hyponyms:
grade, pitch, rake, slant, abruptness,
precipitousness, steepness, gradualness, gentleness

II - verb

be at an angle
- The terrain sloped down
• Syn:
incline, pitch
• Derivationally related forms:
pitch (for: pitch), incline (for: incline), inclination (for: incline)
• Hypernyms:
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
• Hyponyms:
ascend, stoop, fall, climb, dip
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gradient, incline, side, pitch