Definition of sloping

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Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..

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Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..
Sloping :: Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..
Sloping :: Sloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slop.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Slope :: Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.
Slopy :: Slopy (a.) Sloping; inclined.
Coping :: Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping..
Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Devex :: Devex (a.) Bending down; sloping.
Penthouse :: Penthouse (n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively..
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..
Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
Shelvy :: Shelvy (a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.
Bevelled :: Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table..
Canted :: Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill..
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..
Steep-down :: Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice..
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