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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slope \Slope\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sloping \Slop"ing\, adjective Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- {Slop"ing*ly}, adverb
The sloping land recedes into the clouds. --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sloping
adjective
1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: {aslant}, {aslope}, {diagonal}, {slanted}, {slanting}, {sloped}]
2: having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "sloping": 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
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