2. Verb. (third-person singular of slope) ¹
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Definition of Slopes
1. slope [v] - See also: slope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slopes
Literary usage of Slopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"They show well the characteristic front of the *-"taic cone, and also the gentle
slopes of the stony shoals and the A/Vy descent of precipitous cliffs. ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"Side slopes of road to be iJ horizontal to I vertical. It is desired to sketch
the new contours on the slopes of the road, to sketch on the map the top and ..."
3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... side with sandstones and juniper-trees tangled together, while on the other
side the ground, almost quite bare, slopes towards the hollow of the valley, ..."
4. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The western slopes of the Cascades are wet, the eastern slopes are dry, a rainfall
distribution that is directly dependent upon topography and ..."
5. The Elements of Field Fortifications: For the Use of the Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1880)
"Defence of steep slopes.—The brow of the height where the slopes are too steep
... In the former case, works are placed upon the spurs, and the slopes in ..."
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