· an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
Hypernym(s): geological_formation, formation
· the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
Synonym(s): gradient
Hypernym(s): position, spatial_relation
· be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
Hypernym(s): lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle