SLOPED

Scrabble

WWF

S(1) L(1) O(1) P(3) E(1) D(2)

NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓

Definition

verb

To tend steadily upward or downward.
“The road slopes sharply down at that point.”
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
“to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment”
(usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
“I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.”

adjective