5 entries under this word
a. [Allied to A-S. slopen, a slipping, slīpan, āslīpan, to slide or slip away. Cf. SLIP.] Inclined, or inclining, from an horizontal direction; forming an angle with the plane of the horizon; sloping. [Rare.] “Down the slope hill.” Milton.
In a sloping manner; obliquely.
n. 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction inclining from an horizontal line; properly, a direction downward.
Sense 2. A declivity; any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon; also, an acclivity, as every declivity must be also an acclivity.
The buildings covered the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay.
[imp. & p. p. SLOPED (slōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. SLOPING.] To form with a slope; to form to declivity or obliquity; to direct obliquely; to incline; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
Sense 1. To take an oblique direction; to be declivous or inclined. 2. To take one's self off; to disappear suddenly. [Colloq. U. S.]