"sloping" meaning in English

See sloping in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sloping.wav Forms: more sloping [comparative], most sloping [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} sloping (comparative more sloping, superlative most sloping)
  1. Having a slope. Derived forms: slopingly, slopingness Translations (having a slope): ladeiro (Galician), pīnaki (english: gentle) (Maori), pīneki (english: gentle) (Maori), aupaki (Maori), tāwhati (Maori), pānaki (Maori), pānaki (english: gentle) (Maori), scheef (nds) (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-sloping-en-adj-py~wn4hB Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 10 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 20 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 84 8 8

Noun

IPA: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sloping.wav Forms: slopings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} sloping (plural slopings)
  1. An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
    Sense id: en-sloping-en-noun-1Bkbtkhq

Verb

IPA: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sloping.wav
Rhymes: -əʊpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sloping
  1. present participle and gerund of slope Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: slope
    Sense id: en-sloping-en-verb-g2AFqDlj

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ladeiro"
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          "sense": "having a slope",
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        },
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