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Meaning of SLOPING

Pronunciation:  sl'owping

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"
  2. [adj]  having an oblique or slanted direction
 
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 Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, gradual, inclined, slanted, slanting, sloped
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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