ALL meanings of sloping
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S s - verb without object sloping to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant. 1
- verb without object sloping to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward. 1
- verb with object sloping to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams. 1
- verb with object sloping to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment. 1
- noun sloping ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill. 1
- noun sloping inclination or slant, especially downward or upward. 1
- noun sloping deviation from the horizontal or vertical. 1
- noun sloping an inclined surface. 1
- noun sloping Usually, slopes. hills, especially foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. 1
- noun sloping Mathematics. the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x- axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates. the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point. 1
- noun sloping Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of East Asian origin, especially a Vietnamese or other South Asian. 1
- idioms sloping slope off, Chiefly British Slang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively. 1
- adjective sloping inclined, slanted 1