slope

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: synonym: slant.

To move or walk.

To cause to slope.

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.

A deviation from the horizontal.

The amount or degree of such deviation.

The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.