adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + slope. ] Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping. “Set them not upright, but aslope.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a downward slope.
Syn. -- descent, declivity, fall, decline. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Aeronautics) 1. the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide path. [ PJC ]

2. The path indicated by a radio beacon as the proper path for an airplane to use in approaching a landing strip. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. cēselib, or c&ymacr_;slyb, milk curdled; cf. G. käselab, käselippe. See Cheese, and cf.Cheeselep. ] The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. oferslop. ] An outer garment, or slop. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A reduplication of slop. ] Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl&unr_;pan to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. Cowslip. ] 1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slop basin, or
Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. --
Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slopped p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping. ] 1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl&unr_;pan to slip, to slide; akin to Icel. sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment. Cf. Slip, v. i. ] 1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. “A pair of slops.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sloping. “Down the slope hills.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sloping manner. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Obliquely. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sloppier superl. Sloppiest. ] [ From Slop. ] Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

No slopwork ever dropped from his [ Carlyle's ] pen. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sloping; inclined. [ 1913 Webster ]