adj
Meaning 1
Having a slope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sloping roof
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sloping
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊpɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S L OW1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of slope
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
in a sloping manner
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: syntactically adverbial
Examples
- the road cut through the fields sloping
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a slanting form or direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an area of gently sloping hills
- a room with a sloping ceiling
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having an oblique or slanted direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наклонен (naklonen) — having a slope
- Galician: ladeiro — having a slope
- Māori: pīnaki — having a slope
- Māori: pīneki — having a slope
- Māori: aupaki — having a slope
- Māori: tāwhati — having a slope
- Māori: pānaki — having a slope
- Plautdietsch: scheef (nds) — having a slope