"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 [US] 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

Noun

IPA: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-sloping.wav [US] 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 [US]
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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 4 71

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sloping meaning in English (4.5kB)

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