sloping

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sloping

/ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ UK
/ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ US

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adjective more sloping · most sloping

Having a slope. a sloping roof
Similar: declivitous, gradient

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of slope
in a sloping manner the road cut through the fields sloping

noun slopings

An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inclined, aslope, aslant, slanted, slanting, gradual, diagonal, gradient, incline, slant, inclination, tilting, steepness, slippery, dipping, battered

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@misc{sloping_2026,
  title = {sloping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sloping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}