sloped

slope

S0480300 (slōp)v. sloped, slop·ing, slopes v.intr.1. To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: a roof that slopes. See Synonyms at slant.2. To move or walk: "Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).v.tr. To cause to slope: sloped the path down the bank.n.1. An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.2. A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline: ski slopes.3. a. A deviation from the horizontal.b. The amount or degree of such deviation.4. Mathematics a. The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.b. The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.5. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

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[Probably from Middle English aslope, sloping.]

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slop′er n.slop′ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sloped - having an oblique or slanted directionaslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloping, diagonalinclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"

Translations

obliquo