slope

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

an elevated geological formation

he climbed the steep slope

be at an angle

The terrain sloped down

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

a five-degree gradient

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	slope
1	part holonym	Parts & wholes	natural elevation
1	hypernym	Types & categories	geological formation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	ascent
1	hyponym	Types & categories	bank
1	hyponym	Types & categories	camber
1	hyponym	Types & categories	canyonside
1	hyponym	Types & categories	coast
1	hyponym	Types & categories	declivity
1	hyponym	Types & categories	escarpment
1	hyponym	Types & categories	hillside
1	hyponym	Types & categories	mountainside
1	hyponym	Types & categories	piedmont
1	hyponym	Types & categories	ski slope
2	derivation	Related & opposite	ramp
2	derivation	Related & opposite	lean
2	derivation	Related & opposite	gradient
2	derivation	Related & opposite	rake
2	derivation	Related & opposite	incline
2	derivation	Related & opposite	angle of inclination
2	derivation	Related & opposite	inclination of an orbit
2	derivation	Related & opposite	angle of dip
2	hypernym	Types & categories	tilt
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ascend
2	hyponym	Types & categories	stoop
2	hyponym	Types & categories	fall
2	hyponym	Types & categories	climb
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dip
3	derivation	Related & opposite	slope
3	hypernym	Types & categories	spatial relation
3	hyponym	Types & categories	grade
3	hyponym	Types & categories	rake
3	hyponym	Types & categories	precipitousness
3	hyponym	Types & categories	gentleness