slope

Definition

  • noun: ground that slants downward or upward
  • verb: to not be level
  • verb: to take an oblique course
  • adjective: that slants
  • often plural
  • synonyms: sloping, incline, slant

Examples

  • His behavior will lead him down a 'slippery slope' to ruin.

  • I love being 'on the slopes'. [=I love skiing]

  • Let's 'hit the slopes'. [=let's go skiing]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) about global warming or how to wear white pants to a cookout? We/I, that depends. Do you have a hot model in a bikini standing on an icecap? No. Ski slope. I'd still go with pants to a cookout. Yeah, me, too. How's your boy Parker? Still staring at trees? Two coffees. (..)
    2011 Friends with Benefits
  • (..) My courage. Good. Well, that's good. You'll need it. I'll be waiting for you at the overlook, before... ...the slopes of Erebor. Keep the map and key safe. Do not enter that mountain without me. This is not the Greenwood of old. The very air of the forest is heavy with illusion. (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • (..) "Hello, friend." That's lame. Maybe I should give you a name, but that's a slippery slope. You're only in my head. We have to remember that. Shit. It's actually happened, I'm talking to (..)
    2015 TvShow: Mr. Robot Title: eps1.0_hellofriend.mov Season: 1 Episode 1