'Sloping' definitions:

Definition of 'sloping'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping]
adjective
Having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"

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]