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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sloping}.]
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting
direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as,
to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in
cutting a garment.
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Sloping \Slop"ing\, a.
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from
a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous;
slanting. -- {Slop"ing*ly}, adv.
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The sloping land recedes into the clouds. --Cowper.
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