Antonyms for slope

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : slohp

Phonetic Transcription : sloʊp

Definition of slope

Origin : 1590s, "go in an oblique direction," from earlier adjective meaning "slanting" (c.1500), probably from Middle English aslope (adv.) "on the incline" (late 15c.), from Old English *aslopen, past participle of aslupan "to slip away," from a- "away" + slupan "to slip" (see sleeve). From 1709 as "to be in a slanting position;" transitive sense "place in a slanting position" is from c.1600. Related: Sloped; sloping.

noun slant, tilt
verb slant, tilt

Example sentences :

He descended the slope, and sat down in the shade of a broad-leaved tree.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

And up the slope, brandishing their sticks, charged the town boys.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

At this moment a roar of astonishment came up to them from down the slope.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

They passed the gate which was opened for them and began to mount the slope beyond.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

There was a pleasant farmhouse out of town on the slope of Vesuvius.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Leisurely, they walked up the slope skirting the garden wall.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

The Via Nazionale turned for the last time at the foot of the slope.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

But the slope grew more gradual, and its base was grass-covered.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

The edges of the gables rose, not in a slope, but in a succession of notches, like stairs.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Now that they were descending the slope, he saw where the water was.
Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe

Synonyms for slope

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