slope
verb (used without object)
to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
sloped
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past participleof slope.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof slope.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
slopeverb (used without object)to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
Example Sentences
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At peak times on Saturday, just before sunset, the narrow two-way street to Duryea’s is filled with cars as high-heeled and preppy patrons walk along the sloped grassy shoulder of the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Now that his youngest son had moved out, the 56-year-old retired home builder wanted to downsize from his 6-acre, sloped property to a 2,200 square-foot house in Hayden, Idaho, which he had built himself.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
Other wider sections of the Radical Road would have a sloped earth embankment built to catch any rockfall.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
He continued to refine the shape through the 1980s, gradually easing the “wedge shape” jacket into a more relaxed silhouette with sloped shoulders and lower lapels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
The ridge sloped down sharply for about a hundred yards.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
