an oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.-any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.-sloping.-in a sloping manner.-to form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.-to take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.-to depart; to disappear suddenly.