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Meanings of
sloping
in English
Having an oblique or slanted direction.
slanting
sloped
slanted
diagonal
aslant
aslope
Related terms
inclined
Sloping.
Related terms
gradual
Usage of
sloping
in English
1
Trials on different terrain showed lower emission factors on steeper,
sloping
land.
2
The writing was in a long
sloping
copperplate hand: Edward Montagu, Esq.
3
The queerly stunted trees dotted the
sloping
sides of this great desert.
4
She was taken down a
sloping
floor to the depressed central section.
5
On the
sloping
sides grew the golden corn and the tall rye.
6
The island has
sloping
rock beaches, which give a good sunbathing environment.
7
The clear-cut indentations led away from the mire up the
gently
-
sloping
ground.
8
A long,
sloping
hillside, dotted with grey limestone boulders, stretched behind us.
9
They cast a harsh and pale radiance across the
sloping
desert floor.
10
Behind rose up the green masses of trees against the
sloping
park.
11
The
sloping
deck offered plenty of cover for Annja to sneak forward.
12
The chintzy bedroom under the
sloping
roof was very still and quiet.
13
Unroped, we headed up the long
sloping
ramp that guarded the start.
14
Then it grew longer,
sloping
eagerly down Ninety-third street toward Second Avenue.
15
The shape of the camps could be recognised by their
sloping
palisades.
16
A
sloping
bank of moderate elevation divided the wood from the plateau.
Other examples for "sloping"
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About this term
sloping
slope
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
slope down
slope roof
slope shoulders
slope bank
slope sides
More collocations
Sloping
through the time
Sloping
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common