slopes in English

noun
1
a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.
he slithered helplessly down the slope
2
a person from Asia, especially Vietnam or elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
verb
1
(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.
the garden sloped down to a stream

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1. Continental slopes and abyssal plains

2. — Appropriate management for steep slopes

3. Subsoil Principally Belemnite chalk on the upper slopes, with Micraster chalk on the lower slopes.

4. The path slopes steeply uphill.

5. 15 Moss affects the northern slopes.

6. The field slopes to the east.

7. The demand curve usually slopes downward.

8. 21 The field slopes to the east.

9. The Clayey ecological site in MLRA 58C occurs on stable backslopes, erosional foot slopes, and toe slopes of upland landforms

10. Eastern slopes tend to receive less rainfall.

11. Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation.

12. The beach slopes steeply down to the sea.

13. Many ski slopes are located near the hotel. The ski slopes are suitable for childrenn as well as for advanced skiers.

14. 6 They live on the slopes of ravines,*

15. The hill slopes steeply down to the town.

16. Steve likes to hotdog down the ski slopes.

17. The railway slopes up slightly at this point.

18. In Bible times the westward slopes were thickly forested.

19. 25 The railway slopes up slightly at this point.

20. Thus Benching reduces the probability of sides of slopes.

21. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California .

22. 5 The railroad slopes up slightly at this point.

23. Snow had settled on some of the higher slopes.

24. Benching[′bench·iŋ] (civil engineering) Concrete laid on the side slopes of drainage channels where the slopes are interrupted by manholes, and so forth

25. Painted-lady and tortoiseshell butterflies briskly patrol the higher slopes.

26. 16 The higher slopes are for the more adventurous skier.

27. Inoculate Staphylococcus aureus onto agar slopes of culture medium (4.1).

28. We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.

29. Giant heathers, lobelias and groundsel grow on its upper slopes.

30. The land slopes to the sea by a gradual descent.

31. Soil on the mountain slopes is very susceptible to erosion.

32. 8 Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

33. Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano.

34. We walked Among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes.

35. The shore is clear slopes gradually in crystal sea waters.

36. The mountain slopes were forested and produced timber for shipbuilding.

37. The average cost curve slopes down continuously, approaching marginal cost.

38. The scarp has slopes with grades greater than 60 degrees.

39. The front garden slopes down to the road (steps provided!).

40. It's a city famed for its ski slopes and casinos.

41. The road slopes gently downwards for a mile or two.

42. We walked among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes.

43. On steep slopes, tiles are usually fastened to the Battens

44. In Colombia, sandy yellow-brown Azonal soils on slopes and …

45. In soil slopes, developing shear surfaces generate acoustic emission (AE).

46. Indeed, two types of slippery slopes – logical and sociological – exist.

47. 18 It is where yugoloths cavort on endless volcanic slopes .

48. Its slopes were covered by a ragtag collection of shanties.

49. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes.

50. Differential Calculus is based on rates of change (slopes and speed)