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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The vineyard for the domaine’s namesake wine is in the village of Vosne-Romanée, where vines grow on a gently sloped plot of less than 5 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
He called it “an excellent example of the Midcentury Modern style,” noting its Googie-style sign, “simple geometric volumes, low sloped roof, relatively chaste exterior walls and decorative concrete blocks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
And the head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, said that their own agents weren’t on that roof because it was sloped and therefore dangerous, which is a strange response.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024
Everything sloped away before him, flat roofs below flat roofs, down to the towers and battlements of the city's northern wall.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
