Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
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.
4 other Webster entries under this spelling
Slope, n.
1. 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.
2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay. Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).
Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
Slope, a.
Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton. A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
Slope, adv.
In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
Slope, v. i.
1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for slope; he lists it under tip.
Where he writes about it:
Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. — from tip
Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. — from tip