[
  {
    "word": "slope",
    "phonetic": "/sl\u0259\u028ap/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sl\u0259\u028ap/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/slo\u028ap/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/slope-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=424753",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had to climb a small slope to get to the site."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The slope of this line is 0.5"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bank",
          "embankment",
          "gradient",
          "hill",
          "incline",
          "gradient",
          "first derivative",
          "gradient",
          "Chinaman",
          "Chink"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To tend steadily upward or downward.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The road slopes sharply down at that point."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to slope the ground in a garden; \u00a0 to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The order was given to \"slope arms\"."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Sloping.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Slopingly",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slope"
    ]
  }
]