Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sloping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sloping}.]
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting
direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as,
to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in
cutting a garment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sloping \Slop"ing\, a.
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from
a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous;
slanting. -- {Slop"ing*ly}, adv.
The sloping land recedes into the clouds. --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sloping
adj 1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: {aslant}, {aslope},
{diagonal}, {slanted}, {slanting}, {sloped}]
2: having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently
sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"
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