Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sloping is as below...

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with

Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..

Coping :: Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping..

Declivous :: Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

Slant :: Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique..

Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table..

Sideling :: Sideling (a.) Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground..

Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level..

Desk :: Desk (n.) A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath..

Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid..

Declivity :: Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.

Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..

Slantly :: Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..

Plongee :: Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course..

Devexity :: Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

Random Fonts

Most Popular