# sloping

Pronunciation: say "SLOH-ping" US /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/, UK /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Set at an angle so that one part sits higher than another, rather than lying flat.
   - Simple: Tilted to one side, going up or down instead of being flat.
   - _The architect designed a sloping roof to let rainwater drain away quickly._
   - _Vineyards thrive on the sloping hillsides where sunlight reaches every row._

## Verb

2. Present participle of slope. — present participle and gerund of slope
   - Simple: Present participle of slope. Use this form for the action happening right now.
   - _The path kept sloping downward until it reached the valley floor._
   - _We could feel the deck sloping as the ship leaned into the turn._

## Noun

3. The arrangement or motion by which something rises or falls at an angle.
   - Simple: The way something is set at an angle, going up or down.
   - _The gradual sloping of the terrain directed all the rainwater into one stream._
   - _Surveyors recorded the sloping of the hillside before construction began._

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