Sloping

//ˈsləʊpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of slope form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    in a sloping manner

    "the road cut through the fields sloping"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a slope.

    "a sloping roof"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a slanting form or direction wordnet
  2. 2
    having an oblique or slanted direction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
slantingaslantaslantaslopeaslopeatilt

Example

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"The banks on each side of the river were very pretty. There were beautiful flowers, old trees, sloping fields, in which cows and sheep were grazing, but not a man to be seen."

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