Sloping

verb

/ˈsləʊpɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.verbTo tend steadily upward or downward.

"The road slopes sharply down at that point."

2.verbTo form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

"to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"

3.verb(usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

"I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."

4.verbTo hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

"The order was given to "slope arms"."

5.nounAn arrangement or motion by which something slopes.

6.adjectiveHaving a slope.

"a sloping roof"