All slope synonyms
slope
S s verb slope
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- deplane β to disembark from an aeroplane
- cambering β a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- beetling β a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- beveling β the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- bevelled β If a piece of wood, metal, or glass has bevelled edges, its edges are cut sloping.
- list β Friedrich [free-drik] /Λfri drΙͺk/ (Show IPA), 1789β1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- hit the dirt β to drop to the ground
- bevelling β the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bank β A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- cant β a salient angle.
noun slope
- knoll β A small hill or mound.
- declivity β a downward slope, esp of the ground
- obliquity β the state of being oblique.
- downgrade β a downward slope, especially of a road.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- mountainside β The sloping surface of a mountain.
- esker β A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- highland β a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- downtrend β a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- hummock β Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- hillock β a small hill.
- diagonal β A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner.
- highlands β a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
- hill β the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- chute β A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
- nosedive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- gradient β the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- ascent β An ascent is an upward journey, especially when you are walking or climbing.
- hillside β a township in NE New Jersey.
- inclined plane β one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- hilltop β the top or summit of a hill.
- cave-in β a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- escarpment β A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
- butte β an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill