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slope
To cause to slope:
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  1. To cause to slope:
  2. To cause to slope
  3. To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline:
slope
The slope of the tangent line to a given curve at a designated point
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  1. The slope of the tangent line to a given curve at a designated point
  2. A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline:
  3. A piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground; specif., a portion of the side of a hill or mountain
slant
(Informal) A quick, oblique look; glance
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  1. (Informal) A quick, oblique look; glance
  2. A sloping thing or piece of ground.
  3. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
inclined-plane
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.
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  1. 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.
  2. A plane surface, such as a ramp or a blade, set at an acute angle to a horizontal surface, a direction of motion, or a direction of force. Inclined planes are used to increase the distance over which work is done, reducing the amount of force needed to impart energy to a system. Rolling a car up a hill, for example, requires less force than lifting it straight up off the ground. Many tools, such as the ax, wedge, chisel, and highway ramp, exploit the mechanical properties of the inclined plane.
approach
An advance or overture made by one person to another.
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  1. An advance or overture made by one person to another.
  2. The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
  3. A way or means of reaching something; an access:
tilt
To slope; incline:
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  1. To slope; incline:
  2. To have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute
  3. To slope; incline; slant; tip
twist
To wrench or sprain:
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  1. To wrench or sprain:
  2. To move or progress in a winding course; meander:
  3. To pull, break, or snap by turning:
slant
To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope:
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  1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope:
  2. To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
  3. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
bow
To bend down one's head or bend one's body in respect, agreement, worship, recognition, etc.
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  1. To bend down one's head or bend one's body in respect, agreement, worship, recognition, etc.
  2. (Dial.) To bend or stoop
  3. To bend into a curve or bow.
bend
To turn or be turned from a straight line or from some direction or position
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  1. To turn or be turned from a straight line or from some direction or position
  2. To misrepresent; distort:
  3. (Nautical) To fasten:
nod
To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.
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  1. To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment.
  2. To summon, guide, or send by nodding the head:
  3. To bend the head forward slightly and raise it again quickly, as a sign of greeting, command, acknowledgment, invitation, or, specif., of agreement or assent
cock
To raise in preparation to throw or hit:
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  1. To raise in preparation to throw or hit:
  2. To tilt or turn up or to one side, usually in a jaunty or alert manner:
  3. (Archaic) To behave in a cocky way; strut
prefer
To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value:
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  1. To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value:
  2. To put before something or someone else in one's liking, opinion, etc.; like better
  3. To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court:
cant
To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.
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  1. To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.
  2. To lean to one side; slant.
  3. To use cant; speak in cant
heel
(Golf) To hit (a ball) with the heel of the club
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  1. (Golf) To hit (a ball) with the heel of the club
  2. To lean or tilt to one side, as a ship or boat in a high wind
  3. To follow at one's heels:
lean
To have a particular mental inclination; tend (toward or to a certain opinion, attitude, etc.)
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  1. To have a particular mental inclination; tend (toward or to a certain opinion, attitude, etc.)
  2. To cause to incline:
  3. To rely for assistance or support:
list
To enter (a name, item, etc.) in a list, directory, catalog, etc.
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  1. To enter (a name, item, etc.) in a list, directory, catalog, etc.
  2. To enter in a list; register:
  3. To cover, line, or edge with list.
rake
To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
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  1. To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
  2. (--- Informal) To gain in abundance. Often used with in :
  3. To use a rake.
slant
To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
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  1. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
  2. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
  3. To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
slope
To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant
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  1. To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant
  2. To move or walk:
  3. (Chiefly Brit., Informal) To go or move (off, away, etc.), esp. in a leisurely or furtive way
tilt
To have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute
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  1. To have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute
  2. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline:
  3. To slope; incline; slant; tip
tip
To remove the tip of:
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  1. To remove the tip of:
  2. (Informal) To give secret information to in an attempt to be helpful
  3. To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.
lean
To bend or incline the body so as to rest part of one's weight upon or against something
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  1. To bend or incline the body so as to rest part of one's weight upon or against something
  2. To cause to incline:
  3. To have a particular mental inclination; tend (toward or to a certain opinion, attitude, etc.)
slant
To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
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  1. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
  2. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
  3. To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
squint
To look with the eyes turned to the side; look obliquely or askance
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  1. To look with the eyes turned to the side; look obliquely or askance
  2. (Intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
  3. (Intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
tend
(With to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]
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  1. (With to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]
  2. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
  3. To manage the activities and transactions of; run:
trend
To cause to turn; to bend.
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  1. To cause to turn; to bend.
  2. (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
  3. To show a general tendency; tend:
dispose
To determine the course of events:
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  1. To determine the course of events:
  2. To deal out; to assign to a use.
  3. To have the power to arrange or settle affairs
influence
To have an influence on (something); change:
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  1. To have an influence on (something); change:
  2. To change the behavior or thinking of (someone); sway:
predispose
To make (someone) inclined to something in advance:
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  1. To make (someone) inclined to something in advance:
  2. To dispose, or make receptive, beforehand; make susceptible
  3. To provide an inclination or susceptibility:
sway
(Nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
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  1. (Nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
  2. To cause (a person, an opinion, actions, etc.) to be inclined a certain way or be turned from a given course; influence or divert
  3. To exert influence or control over:
cant
The tilt, turn, or slant thus caused
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  1. The tilt, turn, or slant thus caused
  2. The special vocabulary of a profession, discipline, or social group; jargon.
  3. The special words and phrases used by those in a certain sect, occupation, etc.; jargon
grade
A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade. For this reason, many taxonomists do not accept grades as formal classifications. The class Reptilia (reptiles) is a grade since it includes dinosaurs but not birds, even though birds are descended from dinosaurs.
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  1. A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade. For this reason, many taxonomists do not accept grades as formal classifications. The class Reptilia (reptiles) is a grade since it includes dinosaurs but not birds, even though birds are descended from dinosaurs.
  2. Any of the divisions in a school curriculum usually equal to one year; most systems in the U.S. include twelve grades after the kindergarten
  3. A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track:
gradient
A operator on scalar fields yielding a vector function, where the value of the vector evaluated at any point indicates the direction and degree of change of the field at that point.
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  1. A operator on scalar fields yielding a vector function, where the value of the vector evaluated at any point indicates the direction and degree of change of the field at that point.
  2. The degree to which something inclines; a slope. A mountain road with a gradient of ten percent rises one foot for every ten feet of horizontal length.
  3. (Physics) The rate at which a physical quantity, such as temperature or pressure, changes in response to changes in a given variable, especially distance.
heel
(Botany) The basal end of a plant cutting or tuber used in propagation.
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  1. (Botany) The basal end of a plant cutting or tuber used in propagation.
  2. A tilt, as of a boat, to one side.
  3. The built-up portion of a shoe or boot, supporting the heel.
inclination
The difference in direction of two lines, planes, or surfaces as measured by the angle between them; specif., a property of a line in a plane, being the angle measured from the positive portion of the x-axis to the line in question
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  1. The difference in direction of two lines, planes, or surfaces as measured by the angle between them; specif., a property of a line in a plane, being the angle measured from the positive portion of the x-axis to the line in question
  2. Any action, practice, or thing, toward which one is inclined
  3. A characteristic disposition or tendency to act in a certain way; a propensity:
lean
A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
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  1. A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
  2. The act or condition of leaning; inclination; slant
  3. Meat containing little or no fat
list
A considerable number; a long series:
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  1. A considerable number; a long series:
  2. A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other:
  3. List price
rake
The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.
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  1. The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.
  2. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
  3. Any of various long-handled tools with teeth or prongs at one end, used for gathering loose grass, hay, leaves, etc., or for smoothing broken ground
slant
A personal point of view or opinion:
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  1. A personal point of view or opinion:
  2. (Informal) A quick, oblique look; glance
  3. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
slope
A piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground; specif., a portion of the side of a hill or mountain
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  1. A piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground; specif., a portion of the side of a hill or mountain
  2. (Mathematics) 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.
  3. (Math.) The trigonometric tangent of the positive angle formed between a given straight line and the x-axis of a pair of Cartesian coordinates
tilt
The condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
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  1. The condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
  2. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute:
  3. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant:
tip
A helpful hint:
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  1. A helpful hint:
  2. A piece of secret information given confidentially in an attempt to be helpful
  3. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [From mid-19th c.]
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  • Kdrnyei, Imre and others incline to the belief that it was Bela I.

  • Our right flank was posted on a rather steep incline which dominated the French position.

  • Unlike sloths, the megatherium has seven cervical vertebrae; and the spines of all the trunk-vertebrae incline backwards.

  • Two scientific missions - to Mount Athos in 1874 and to Asia Minor in 1876 - appeared at first to incline him towards the study of the ancient history of the Christian churches of the East.

  • Some investigators incline to Suf, or to the Jebel Kafkafa.

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