Climbverb
(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
āPrices climbed steeply.ā;
Slopenoun
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
āI had to climb a small slope to get to the site.ā;
Climbverb
(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
āThey climbed the mountain.ā; āClimbing a treeā;
Slopenoun
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
āThe road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.ā;
Climbverb
(transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
Slopenoun
(mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
āThe slope of this line is 0.5ā;
Climbverb
(transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
Slopenoun
(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
āThe slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.ā;
Climbverb
(intransitive) to practise the sport of climbing
Slopenoun
The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
āThe slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.ā;
Climbverb
(intransitive) to jump high
Slopenoun
A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Climbverb
To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
Slopeverb
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
āThe road slopes sharply down at that point.ā;
Climbverb
(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
Slopeverb
(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
āto slope the ground in a garden;ā; āto slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garmentā;
Climbnoun
An act of climbing.
Slopeverb
To try to move surreptitiously.
āI sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.ā;
Climbnoun
The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
Slopeverb
(military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
āThe order was given to "slope arms".ā;
Climbnoun
An upwards struggle
Slopeadjective
(obsolete) Sloping.
Climbverb
To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
Slopeadverb
(obsolete) slopingly
Climbverb
To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
āBlack vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.ā;
Slopenoun
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.
Climbverb
To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
Slopenoun
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
ābuildings the summit and slope of a hill.ā; āUnder the slopes of Pisgah.ā;
Climbverb
To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
Slopenoun
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
Climbnoun
The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.
Slopeadjective
Sloping.
āA bank not steep, but gently slope.ā;
Climbnoun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
āthe car couldn't make it up the riseā;
Slopeadverb
In a sloping manner.
Climbnoun
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
Slopeverb
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.
Climbnoun
the act of climbing something;
āit was a difficult climb to the topā;
Slopeverb
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
Climbverb
go upward with gradual or continuous progress;
āDid you ever climb up the hill behind your house?ā;
Slopeverb
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
Climbverb
move with difficulty, by grasping
Slopenoun
an elevated geological formation;
āhe climbed the steep slopeā; āthe house was built on the side of the mountainā;
Climbverb
go up or advance;
āSales were climbing after prices were loweredā;
Slopenoun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;
āa five-degree gradientā;
Climbverb
slope upward;
āThe path climbed all the way to the top of the hillā;
Slopeverb
be at an angle;
āThe terrain sloped downā;
Climbverb
improve one's social status;
āThis young man knows how to climb the social ladderā;
Slopenoun
a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface
āhe slithered helplessly down the slopeā;
Climbverb
increase in value or to a higher point;
āprices climbed steeplyā; āthe value of our house rose sharply last yearā;
Slopenoun
a difference in level or sideways position between the two ends or sides of a thing
āthe backward slope of the chairā; āthe roof should have a slope sufficient for proper drainageā;
Slopenoun
a part of the side of a hill or mountain, especially as a place for skiing
āa ten-minute cable car ride delivers you to the slopesā;
Slopenoun
the gradient of a graph at any point.
Slopenoun
the mutual conductance of a valve, numerically equal to the gradient of one of the characteristic curves of the valve.
Slopenoun
a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.
Slopeverb
(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down
āthe garden sloped down to a streamā; āthe ceiling slopedā;
Slopeverb
place or arrange in a sloping position
āPoole sloped his shouldersā;
Slopeverb
move in an idle or aimless manner
āI had seen Don sloping about the beachā;
Slopeverb
leave unobtrusively, typically in order to evade work or duty
āthe men sloped off looking ashamed of themselvesā;
Slope
In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter m is used for slope, but its earliest use in English appears in O'Brien (1844) who wrote the equation of a straight line as and it can also be found in Todhunter (1888) who wrote it as .Slope is calculated by finding the ratio of the to the between (any) two distinct points on a line.
āy = mx + bā; āy = mx + cā; āvertical changeā; āhorizontal changeā;