slope /slōp/

1. An incline
2. An inclined surface
3. An inclined position
4. An inclination, upward or downward slant

1. Slanting (poetic)
2. Moving on a slope (Milton)

Aslant

1. To form with a slope, or obliquely
2. To put in a sloping position or positions
3. To turn downwards, to bow

1. To have or take a sloping position or direction
2. To move down a slope
3. To decamp or disappear (informal)

slopeˈwise adverb

Obliquely

slopˈing adjective

slopˈingly adverb

slopˈy adjective

Sloping

at the slope

(of a rifle) on the shoulder with the barrel sloping back and up

slope arms

To place or hold a rifle at the slope

slope off (informal)

To go away, esp suddenly or furtively, to decamp

• cannonading
• cannonball
• cannonballed
• cannonballing
• cannonballs
• cannonball-tree
• cannonball-trees
• cannon bit
• cannon bits
• cannon bone
• cannon bones
• cannoned
• cannoneer
• cannoneers
• cannon fodder
• cannon-game
• cannonier
• cannoniers
• cannoning
• cannon-metal
• cannon-proof
• cannonries
• cannonry
• cannons
• cannon-shot