'Sloping' definitions:
Definition of 'sloping'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sloping'
From: GCIDE
- Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.] To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sloping'
From: GCIDE
- Sloping \Slop"ing\, a. Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- {Slop"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- The sloping land recedes into the clouds. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sloping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aslant,
- aslope,
- atilt,
- bevel,
- beveled,
- bias,
- biased,
- canting,
- careening,
- inclinational,
- inclinatory,
- inclined,
- inclining,
- leaning,
- listing,
- oblique,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- pitched,
- pitching,
- raking,
- recumbent,
- shelving,
- shelvy,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- slant,
- slanted,
- slanting,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- sloped,
- tilted,
- tilting,
- tipped,
- tipping,
- tipsy
Words containing 'Sloping'
- Slope,
- Sloped,
- Slopeness,
- Slopingly,
- Counter slope,
- Glide slope,
- North Slope,
- Slope County,
- Slope of a plane,
- Slope, ND,
- West Slope,
- West Slope, OR,
- continental slope,
- rising slope,
- ski slope,
- sloping trough,
- North Slope Borough,
- North Slope, AK,
- Slope County, ND,
- downward-sloping,
- North Slope Borough, AK