slope
verb/sləʊp/
/sləʊp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slope | /sləʊp/ /sləʊp/ |
| he / she / it slopes | /sləʊps/ /sləʊps/ |
| past simple sloped | /sləʊpt/ /sləʊpt/ |
| past participle sloped | /sləʊpt/ /sləʊpt/ |
| -ing form sloping | /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a horizontal surface) to be at an angle so that it is higher at one end than the other
- a sloping roof
- sloping shoulders
- The bedroom floors all sloped.
- + adv./prep. The garden slopes away towards the river.
- The path sloped gently down.
- It is a lake with steeply sloping sides.
Extra Examples- The ground slopes away steeply at the back of the house.
- The garage is rectangular with a sloping roof.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- steeply
- gently
- slightly
- …
- to
- towards/toward
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- [intransitive] (of something vertical) to be at an angle rather than going straight up or straight across
- It was a very old house with sloping walls.
- + adv./prep. His handwriting slopes backwards.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb in sense 3 may be related to lope.
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