sloping in English

adjective

1

inclined from a horizontal or vertical line.

a sloping floor

verb

1

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

the garden sloped down to a stream

synonyms: at a slant, on a slant, at an angle, slanting, slanted, leaning, inclining, inclined, angled, cambered, canted, tilting, tilted, dipping, slant, incline, tilt, drop away, fall away, decline, descend, shelve, lean, rise, ascend, climb

adjective

• at a slant, on a slant, at an angle, slanting, slanted, leaning, inclining, inclined, angled, cambered, canted, tilting, tilted, dipping
• aslope, diagonal, sloped, aslant, slanted, slanting

verb

• slant, incline, tilt, drop away, fall away, decline, descend, shelve, lean, rise, ascend, climb
• incline, pitch

Use "sloping" in a sentence

1. The demand curve is downward sloping.

2. Bevelled definition: having a sloping edge or surface:

3. Sloping solution: That awkward sloping ceiling normally presents a problem, but there is a solution in these Sliderobes fitted wardrobes.

4. The chancel has a sloping tiled roof.

5. There are flat, sloping, pointed or domed roof.

6. In this era, the garret often had sloping ceilings.

7. Heron like the gently sloping muddy sides of canals.

8. Aslope definition: sloping Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

9. And we have a downward- sloping demand curve.

10. The building's sloping edge deflects the prevailing wind.

11. Beveled definition: having a sloping edge or surface:

12. Top floor rooms may have a sloping ceiling.

13. Tubac rests on the crest of a gently sloping hill.

14. It was a very old house with sloping walls.

15. Each firm will face a downward-sloping demand curve.

16. Beveled fonts have letters that appear to have sloping edges.

17. The short-run aggregate supply curve, therefore, is upward sloping.

18. The ribs are well-sprung with a strong, sloping back.

19. The back is straight and the croup muscular and sloping.

20. Therefore, a downward sloping demand curve embeds the law of demand.

21. 6 synonyms for Aslope: slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, aslant, diagonal

22. Old panelling(sentence dictionary), creaking stairways and sloping floors remain.

23. The melting snow began to slide from the sloping roofs.

24. The short-run aggregate supply curve is therefore upward sloping.

25. The house has a sloping/flat/tiled/thatched/etc. roof.

26. Baulk (noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

27. Sloping stones for creating sound insulation and sight-screen walls, anchor stones for sloping stones, plant holders for creating sound insulation walls, wall slabs of concrete

28. ‘Adjacent fans may merge to form a broad sloping surface, known as a Bajada, at the foot of a mountain range.’ ‘High-density scrubs are found on lower Bajadas, sloping less than 1.5%, whereas low-density scrubs occur on upper Bajadas sloping more than 3%.’

29. Sloping in a downward direction from left to right: Backhanded writing.

30. 4 The house has a sloping/flat/tiled/thatched/etc. roof.

31. It had a long entrance passage sloping down from the east.

32. Canted: sloping at the edges or set at a slight angle

33. [ME < aslope, sloping (mistaken as a slope) < OE Aslopen, pp

34. Aslope definition is - being in a sloping or slanting position or direction.

35. These flowers generally grow on sloping river banks and near streams.

36. Here, the road begins a 4.2 km descent, following its sloping eastern course.

37. 13 Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.

38. Novokirghiz horses have small, neat heads; muscular necks; sloping shoulder; pronounced withers; long backs; sloping hindquarters; and the legs are usually straight, hard, short, strong, and muscular, without any feathering.

39. He raised his arm and touched the sloping ceiling above his head.

40. We were used to building fences over sloping land and difficult terrain.

41. Bajada A broad, sloping deposit caused by the joining together of alluvial fans

42. Ramparts in each corner are sloping and provide access to the upper level structures.

43. The bedroom is in the roof so it's got a sloping ceiling.

44. The room had the steeply sloping ceiling and dormer window typical of attics.

45. The frame is covered with Corrugated Galvanized Iron Sheets for walls and sloping roof.

46. If you weren't clued in already by the animal skins and sloping foreheads, we're cavemen.

47. Brae (plural Braes) ( Northern England , Scotland ) The sloping bank of a river valley

48. A Beaker is distinguished from a flask by having straight rather than sloping sides.

49. Synonyms for Crabwise include edgeways, edgewise, sidewise, broadside, sideways, laterally, athwart, aslant, sloping and alongside

50. Shown are rock piles along the shore and possibly peat on gentle-sloping bank.