sloping en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ (General-American)
Meanings
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Having a slope.
The beefarm on her sloping meadows, the sweet / Exacting spaces spinning honey; / Under the elms and the sycamores / The light leaves cherish many flowers, / The light air under the boughs threaded / With the vivid bees who return
1993, Peter Redgrove, “The Mountain”, in The Laborators, Taxus Press, →ISBN, page 27:a sloping roof
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sloping | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sloping | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonsloping · slopingness · downsloping · slopingly · unsloping · upsloping
Synonyms
Translations (9)
mi tāwhati (having a slope) · gl ladeiro (having a slope) · pdt scheef (nds) (having a slope) · mi pīneki (having a slope) · mi aupaki (having a slope) · mi pīnaki (having a slope) · bg наклонен (having a slope) · mi pānaki (having a slope) · mi pānaki (having a slope)