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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Sidehill :: Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
Canted :: Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; 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..
Declivous :: Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.
Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..
Pendice :: Pendice (n.) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.
Vert :: Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right..
Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
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..
Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..
Slanting :: Slanting (a.) Oblique; sloping.
Sideling :: Sideling (a.) Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..
Slant :: Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique..
Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
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..
Talus :: Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Shelvy :: Shelvy (a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.
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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