Thesaurus / slopes
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synonyms for slopes
- bevel
- ascend
- rake
- angle
- incline
- tip
- skew
- rise
- lean
- shelve
- list
- cant
- heel
- recline
- pitch
- fall
- drop
- dip
- bank
- descend
- splay
- drop away
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He was the fourth son of a peasant proprietor of Lectourne, a little town on the slopes of the Pyrenees.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONSpread out on one of the steep slopes of the Dart, it overlooks the deep-set river toward the sea.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYHere and there, though rarely, these slopes centre in a basin which is occupied by a lake or a dead sea.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERNear the coast line the effect of the waves is continually to shove the detritus up the slopes of the continental shelf.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERLifted upward, the air as it ascends the slopes is brought into cooler and more rarefied conditions.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERMoreover, the raindrops perceptibly urge the small detached bits of stone down the slopes toward the streams.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERGreat pine forests clothe their lower slopes, and a green-stained river leaps roaring out of the midst of them.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSA few pines were sprinkled about the slopes of the gully, and one or two of them which had fallen lay athwart the creek.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSImprisoning slopes seemed to be shutting them in without surcease, and Helen looked in vain for any aid.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMANThe coolie-track had led them into the widest part of the Maidan, where it slopes to the south, and the huts of Bowanipore.
HILDASARAH JEANETTE DUNCAN