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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.
Edward Burnett Tylor

Meaning of "sloping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLOPING

sloping  [ˈsləʊpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLOPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sloping is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLOPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sloping in the English dictionary

The first definition of sloping in the dictionary is having a slanting or oblique angle, or following an inclined course downwards. Other definition of sloping is slanting to the right or left. Sloping is also not held straight.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLOPING


camping
ˈkæmpɪŋ
coping
ˈkəʊpɪŋ
doping
ˈdəʊpɪŋ
helping
ˈhɛlpɪŋ
hopping
ˈhɒpɪŋ
housekeeping
ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ
keeping
ˈkiːpɪŋ
landscaping
ˈlændˌskeɪpɪŋ
loping
ˈləʊpɪŋ
mapping
ˈmæpɪŋ
overlapping
ˈəʊvəˌlæpɪŋ
ping
pɪŋ
shipping
ˈʃɪpɪŋ
shopping
ˈʃɒpɪŋ
sleeping
ˈsliːpɪŋ
stoping
ˈstəʊpɪŋ
stopping
ˈstɒpɪŋ
typing
ˈtaɪpɪŋ
wrapping
ˈræpɪŋ
yelping
ˈjelpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLOPING

slop around
slop basin
slop bucket
slop chest
slop out
slop pail
slope
sloped roman
sloper
slopewise
slopingly
slopingness
slopped
sloppier
sloppiest
sloppily
sloppiness
slopping
slopping out
sloppy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLOPING

blood doping
Deng Xiaoping
drooping
dropping
financial doping
galloping
gaping
gene doping
half-hoping
magmatic stoping
propping
scalloping
stepping
stooping
stripping
sweeping
trooping
undrooping
unstooping
walloping

Synonyms and antonyms of sloping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLOPING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sloping» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sloping

Translation of «sloping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLOPING

Find out the translation of sloping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sloping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sloping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倾斜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pendiente
570 millions of speakers

English

sloping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झुका हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنحدرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наклонная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inclinada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en pente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sloping
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schräg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傾斜した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sloping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghiêng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வுக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झिरपूनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğimli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inclinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochyła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похила
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înclinat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuins
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lutande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrånende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sloping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLOPING»

The term «sloping» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.323 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLOPING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sloping

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QUOTES WITH «SLOPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sloping.
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Edward Burnett Tylor
Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOPING»

Discover the use of sloping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sloping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Surveying
CHAINING ON UNEVEN OR SLOPING GROUND For all plotting works, horizontal distance between the points are required. It is therefore, necessary either to directly measure the horizontal distance between the points or to measure the ...
B. C. Punmia, 2005
2
Why are Wages Upward Sloping with Tenure?
Figure 9: Upward Sloping Wage- Tenure Profiles in the Matching Theory B D Tenure (t) Source: Garen (l988: l94) The positive wage-tenure association holds even past t = /, and wage offers do not change and the average wage offer for the  ...
Joachim Prinz, 2004
3
Soil survey
Soil Alamance silt loam: Gently sloping phase - Sloping phase --- Altavista fine sandy loam, gently sloping phase Appling sandy loam: Gently sloping phase - . Eroded gently sloping phase Sloping phase . - . - — Eroded sloping phase Strongly ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1960
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Soil survey
Soil Alamance silt loam, gently sloping phase Appling sandy loam, gently sloping phase Appling sandy loam, eroded gently sloping phase. . Appling sandy loam, sloping phase Appling sandy loam, eroded sloping phase Appling sandy loam, ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1960
5
Procurement with Downward Sloping Demand: More Simple Economics
For the monopsonist, the main difference introduced by a downward sloping demand function is that markets are not separated even if the buyer can third- degree discriminate. Nevertheless, the optimal pricing rule for the monopsonist satisfies ...
Roberto Burguet, 2005
6
Soil Survey of ...
Alligator clay, nearly level phase Alluvial scils Beulah and Dundee soils, gently sloping phases Boskel very fine sandy loam, nearly level phase Bosket very line sandy learn, very gently sloping phase Brandon-Loring sill Ioams, strongly ...
‎1959
7
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects
Figure 5.18 is a study in moving high points to different locations in an area and sloping evenly away from them. At a small scale, Figure 5.18a is similar to the start of a swale, while Figure 5.18b is similar to when the ends of two swales meet ...
Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan, Jake Woland, 2009
8
Soil survey of ...
Capability class and subclass Freer silt loam: Gentlv sloping (Fu) IIIw Nearly level (Fe) IJJw Sloping (Ff) n.Iw Freer stony silt loam, gently sloping (Fo) Vw Gale silt loam: Eroded, sloping and strongly sloping (Ga) IVe Gently sloping (Gb) IIe ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1958
9
Soil survey, San Mateo area, California
Soil Alphabetical symbol PoC2 Pomponio clay loam, sloping, eroded PoD2 Pomponio clay loam, moderately steep, eroded PpC2 Pomponio loam, sloping, eroded PpD2 Pomponio loam, moderately steep, eroded PpE2 Pomponio loam, steep ...
Richard J. Wagner, Ralph E. Nelson, United States. Soil Conservation Service, 1961
10
Soil survey Homer-Ninilchik area Alaska
Cohoe silt loam, strongly sloping (12 to 20 percent slopes) (CoD). — This soil commonly borders broad areas of the less strongly sloping Cohoe soils and is in some areas above muskegs and streams. Runoff is medium to rapid. The hazard of ...
Robert B. Hinton, United States. Soil Conservation Service, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sloping is used in the context of the following news items.
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Family fears homes will slip down sloping yards
Family fears homes will slip down sloping yards. They say in a short period of time, their yards are washing away and they fear it's only going to get worse. «KSDK, Jul 15»
2
House of the Week: Indoor/outdoor living for a sloping lot
Beautiful stone and shingle join with eye-catching trusses to give this home fantastic curb appeal. Inside, each open-concept level holds its own family room, ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Third investigation launched into Berkeley tragedy amid claims …
These include claims the balcony was sloping before the collapse - a clear indication of a potential structural problem. This is included in eye-witness testimony ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
4
Balcony was sloping downwards before collapse, witness claims
Lawyers acting for the parents of one of the six students killed in Berkeley's balcony collapse sent legal letters over the past week calling for evidence to be ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
5
Bridge House by Joeb Moore & Partners straddles a site on the …
One side faces the hillside and the other looks out across the sloping meadow, with doors at either end opening onto a long balcony. Bridge House Joeb Moore ... «Dezeen, Jun 15»
6
J.K. Rowling Blasts Westboro Baptist Church's "Thick Sloping Skulls …
Rowling brilliantly replied that “Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls.”. «NewNowNext, May 15»
7
Greenway sloping a concern to city parks officials; fix sought
The sloping section of Greenway is about one-fourth of a mile long, just west of Garvin Park, along a Pigeon Creek embankment. A wooden guardrail is in place. «Evansville Courier & Press, May 15»
8
atelier KUU places sloping roof canopies on T house in japan
engaging with its surroundings, 'T house' by atelier KUU sits between a cluster of trees on a site near a japanese national park. externally, the timber cladded ... «Designboom, Apr 15»
9
Sloping floors have gotten steeper. Help?
Peter Hotton isn't writing today. Instead we'll publish one of his Globe Handyman columns from 2001. Q. Some of the floors slope in my condo on the third floor ... «Boston Globe, Apr 15»
10
KOGAS headquarters by SAMOO features dynamic sloping roof
designed by korean firm SAMOO architects and engineers in collaboration with heerim architects & planners, the 11-story building in daegu is the home to the ... «Designboom, Mar 15»

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