SLOPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sloped mean? 

• SLOPED (adjective)
  The adjective SLOPED has 1 sense:

1. having an oblique or slanted direction

  Familiarity information: SLOPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an oblique or slanted direction

Synonyms:

aslant; aslope; diagonal; slanted; slanting; sloped; sloping

Similar:

inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)

 Context examples 

Again the ground sloped, and again we came on the tracks.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beyond, the plain sloped down to a thick wood, while further to the left a second wood shut out the view.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Well, sir,” returned the clerk, “there’s a rather singular resemblance; the two hands are in many points identical: only differently sloped.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A hundred yards ahead the path turned and sloped steeply into the main street.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

One day, not long after, he came to the edge of the forest, where a narrow stretch of open land sloped down to the Mackenzie.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But on the fourth side—that which sloped down in the direction of the lake—there was only low scrub, with scattered trees and occasional open glades.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No one was in sight, the smooth road sloped invitingly before her, and finding the temptation irresistible, Jo darted away, soon leaving hat and comb behind her and scattering hairpins as she ran.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A sloped depression between the dorsum sellae and foramen magnum at the base of the skull.

(Clivus, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers discovered that the galloping gourmets are indeed big on bamboo—and are drawn to the same sunny, gently sloped spots as pandas.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)

With the exception of our little cove, the other beaches sloped gently back for a distance of half-a-mile or so, into what I might call rocky meadows, with here and there patches of moss and tundra grass.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)