sloped

Verb

slope (third-person singular simple present slopes, present participle sloping, simple past and past participle sloped)

1. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
   • The road slopes sharply down at that point.
2. (transitive) 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
3. (UK, colloquial, usually) To try to move surreptitiously.
   • I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
4. To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
   • The order was given to "slope arms".

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