adj
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
n
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to a heap.
n
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
n
The steepest angle at which granular material can be piled without material sliding off of the pile.
n
(geology) An uphill-facing scarp
adv
(archaic) Slanted or sloping.
n
A downward slope away from the bank of a river, mountain, etc.
n
Alternative form of bajada [(US) In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.]
n
A 2014 controversy over problems with the Apple iPhone 6 chassis bending under pressure.
adj
(rare) Of, relating to, or resembling a bend.
adj
(of a vehicle) Articulated.
n
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
adj
Abounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.
n
Alternative form of bergshrund [(geology) A large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.]
n
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
adj
Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
n
The top of a bluff (steep bank or cliff).
n
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
n
(Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
n
A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly.
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The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
adj
Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
n
The act of something collapsing or caving in.
n
(obsolete) A cliff or hillside.
n
A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
n
The very steep, vertical, or overhanging section of rock, earth, or ice slope usually free of any vegetation or loose material.
n
(uncommon) Cliffs, collectively.
n
The shape, outline, or boundary of a cliff.
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(historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.
n
The pattern or motion of something that coils.
adj
Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.
n
(geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
n
(climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.
n
The top line of a slope or embankment.
adj
Bent downward, as branches, leaves, or hairs.
n
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
n
The region above a slope or boundary
n
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
n
(archaic outside UK) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
n
The gently inclined hillslope at the foot of a hill
n
An upward slope of a mountain, etc.
n
(Caribbean) A steep ravine leading to the sea.
n
(sociology) A phenomenon where women in leadership roles are likelier than men to achieve such roles during periods of crisis or downturn, when the risk of failure is highest.
n
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
n
A place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an optical illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope.
n
(archaic, informal) Among women, an affected way to carry the body, the upper part being inclined forward.
n
(cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
v
(geology, mining) To slope or incline from the vertical.
n
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
n
(geology) The steep cliff at the back of a cirque.
n
(mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.
adj
(meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.
n
A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
adj
Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.
adj
on the sloping side of a mountain
n
A projecting shelf of rock on the face of a cliff.
n
(geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
n
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
adj
Having a precipice or precipices.
adj
Steep, like a precipice
n
A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.
n
An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
n
Obsolete form of range. [A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.]
n
(aerology, aerography, planetology) An ephemeral dark linear feature found on slopes that recurs seasonally.
n
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
adv
In the manner of a ridge or ridges.
adj
Rising in a ridge or ridges.
n
(geology) An outcrop of hard rock, often in the form of a cliff at the edge of a plateau, that forms the margin of a gravel deposit
n
The uphill or downhill slope of a road (typically given as a percentage)
n
An exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock
n
Alternative form of rockfall. [A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.]
n
Alternative form of rock face [An exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock]
n
A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
n
(geology) A geological phenomenon where rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a smooth valley floor without animal or human intervention.
adj
Living among or occupying rocks or cliffs.
n
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
n
(geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
n
(countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
adj
(angles) Not steep; close to horizontal.
n
(US) The side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent.
n
A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
n
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
n
Alternative form of slipface [The lee face of a sand dune where the surface is at the angle of repose for sand (33–35°).]
n
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
adj
Alternative form of slopy [Characterised by a slope or slopes; sloping]
adj
Characterised by a slope or slopes; sloping
n
(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
n
(obsolete) A shore or a riverbank.
adj
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
adj
Obsolete form of streamy. [Resembling a stream; streamlike.]
n
(obsolete) A small stream.
n
(geology) The outermost gently inclined slope at the base of a hill
n
(geology) A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
n
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
n
(ceramics) An underlying layer of slip.
n
the overall slope of a region
n
(figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
v
(transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
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