sloping
adjective
[ ˈsləʊpɪŋ ]
• inclined from a horizontal or vertical line.
• "a sloping floor"
slope
verb
• (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.
• "the garden sloped down to a stream"
Similar:
slant,
incline,
tilt,
drop away,
fall away,
decline,
descend,
sink,
shelve,
lean,
dip,
rise,
ascend,
climb,
at a slant,
on the slant,
at an angle,
not straight,
slanting,
slanted,
slantwise,
oblique,
leaning,
inclining,
inclined,
angled,
cambered,
canted,
askew,
skew,
lopsided,
crooked,
tilting,
tilted,
atilt,
dipping,
out of true,
out of line,
squint,
declivitous,
declivous,
acclivitous,
acclivous,
• move in an idle or aimless manner.
• "I had seen Don sloping about the beach"
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb with reference to aimless or unobtrusive movement may be related to lope.
