slopes

nounslant, tilt
verbslant, tilt

Synonyms for slopes

noun slant, tilt

Antonyms for slopes

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for slopes

But the slopes were not over-steep, and I was able to get on pretty fast.

But I remember him, in an English setting, and on the slopes of English hills.

The Germans knew the exact range of every square foot of the slopes.

And now the sunlight raced down the slopes of the old mountains like a tide.

Close at hand vegetation appeared upon the slopes of the hills.

For the most part these slopes and walls are exceedingly hard to climb.

Its back was to the slopes that rose by marshy terraces to the hills.

The slopes of the knoll were bare, but there were a few trees on the summit.

To this spot the slopes both ways tend, and there they meet.

Can you name a street which is level, and one that slants or slopes?