To move or be situated obliquely; to incline; to swerve (aside); U.S. to ‘make tracks’.

(intransitive) to be oblique.

intransitive. To have a bent or slanted course, or a leaning or slanting position; to be at an angle relative to a particular line or surface…

intransitive. To have an inclination; to incline, slope, slant; to lie away. Obsolete.

To have an inclined position. Obsolete.

transitive. Of a path, road, flight of steps, etc.: to slope or lead down (a hill, mountain, or other gradient).

To be in, to have or take, an oblique direction or position; to deviate from a straight line or course; to slope.

Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction. intransitive. To turn or move at an angle, diagonally, or obliquely; to lie or…

To have a slanting position, lie aslant, slope.

To move or branch off in an oblique direction.

intransitive. To slant or slope at an angle. Now rare.