sloped

slope  (slp)

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 on a slant; ascend or descend: sloped down the trail.

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 descent.

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[Probably from Middle English aslope, sloping.]

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sloper n.

sloping·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

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