Sloping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sloping is an adjective meaning Having a slope.
Meaning
Having a slope.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of slope
- (syntactically adverbial) in a sloping manner
- An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
Example Sentences
a sloping roof
the road cut through the fields sloping
The beefarm on her sloping meadows, the sweet / Exacting spaces spinning honey; / Under the elms and the sycamores / The light leaves cherish many flowers, / The light air under the boughs threaded / With the vivid bees who return
Word Forms
- slopings
Synonyms for sloping
Depending on context, synonyms include declivitous, inclined, gradual, slanted, aslant, slanting.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inclined, aslope, aslant, slanted, slanting, gradual.
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