slope
part of speech
noun (a slope, slopes); verb (slope, slopes, sloped, sloping)
meaning for a pupil
1) A slope is a surface or piece of ground that goes up or down, with one end higher than the other, like a hill. tree →
2) To slope means to go up or down at an angle: The garden slopes down to the river. tree →
3) Ski slopes are hills used for skiing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah slopes are the sides of hills or mountains, such as those below Pisgah. Interpretation: Moses viewed the Promised Land from Pisgah, so the slopes mark where he stood at the end of his life. In the primary lessons: In science, a slope (ramp, inclined plane) is a simple machine: things roll faster down a steeper slope, and pushing a load up a slope is easier than lifting it straight up. In maths, slope means how steep a line is. In safety: be careful on icy or wet slopes, and do not ride bikes down steep slopes too fast. Phrases: steep slope, gentle slope, ski slope, slippery slope.
examples
- and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. (Torah DEU.4.49, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. — (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- the Arabah also, the Jordan being the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. (Torah DEU.3.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth; (Prophets JOS.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah; (Prophets JOS.12.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: (Prophets JOS.12.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- We rolled down the grassy slope. tree →
- The car went up the steep slope slowly. tree →
- The ball rolls faster down a steeper slope. tree →
- We tested toy cars on slopes in science. tree →
- The roof slopes so the rain runs off. tree →
- We went skiing on the snowy slopes. tree →
- Be careful on the muddy slope. tree →
- A wheelchair ramp is a gentle slope. tree →
- Then Eliza went down the slope from the shore, and hid herself behind the bushes. tree →
note
Countable. A steep slope rises quickly; a gentle slope rises slowly. In maths (later) slope = rise ÷ run. «Slippery slope» also means one small bad step leading to worse ones.
In the corpora
- And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —
- and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;
- A small pond without fish, with gently sloping edges, gives them their best chance.
- Gravity always pulls straight down, towards the centre of the Earth, even on a slope.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «slope» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.