Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An upward slope.
- adverb & adjective At or in the direction of a higher point on a slope.
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- noun an upward
slope - adjective in a
direction up a slope - adverb up a slope
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the warm, moist air hit the Catskills and other mountains, it was forced upward, what meteorologists call upslope flow.
NYT > Global Home By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2011
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The speakers orient themselves using the mountain slope where they live, with the words "upslope" and "downslope" corresponding roughly with south and north, respectively.
Archive 2008-07-01 Kylopod 2008
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The speakers orient themselves using the mountain slope where they live, with the words "upslope" and "downslope" corresponding roughly with south and north, respectively.
The chicken-and-egg of language Kylopod 2008
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Douglas firs that were normally found at lower elevations are beginning to be seen "upslope" in areas dominated by white firs and sugar pines, Gonzales said.
ScrippsNews 2010
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Overseas, the picture has been different, with Global English FREE! still on the upslope of a stunning, sixty-plus-year growth phase.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Overseas, the picture has been different, with Global English FREE! still on the upslope of a stunning, sixty-plus-year growth phase.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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All that saved the house from a yearly flood was a culvert under the driveway that led the upslope water safely away into an old irrigation ditch and the aspen grove below.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We de-rig and duck walk upslope, taking the easy way to the top of a serac.
Into the Heart of the Ice Bill Streever 2011
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All that saved the house from a yearly flood was a culvert under the driveway that led the upslope water safely away into an old irrigation ditch and the aspen grove below.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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All that saved the house from a yearly flood was a culvert under the driveway that led the upslope water safely away into an old irrigation ditch and the aspen grove below.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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