sloping

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: slop=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

sloping, a. 

 Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.  [1913 Webster]
"The sloping land recedes into the clouds."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

sloping

aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, canting, careening, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, leaning, listing, oblique, out of plumb, out of square, pitched, pitching, raking, recumbent, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy