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Meaning of sloped

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sloped

verb

Definitions

  1. To tend steadily upward or downward.

    Example: The road slopes sharply down at that point.

  2. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

    Example: to slope the ground in a garden;   to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment

  3. (usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

    Example: I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.

  4. To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

    Example: The order was given to "slope arms".

adjective

Definitions

  1. That has or have a slope.