2. Noun. the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of slump) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slumping
1. slump [v] - See also: slump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slumping
Literary usage of Slumping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1922)
"MINOR PHYSIOGRAPHIC FEATURES slumping slumping has produced minor ... The slumping
has covered much of the fault which passes through this section. ..."
2. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"slumping, sliding, etc. Indirectly, ground-water participates in changes of ...
slumping is very common on slopes composed of unconsolidated material, ..."
3. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"Lakes due to slumping. Valleys are sometimes obstructed by landslides, thus giving
rise to basins which become the sites of lakes. ..."
4. The History of Vermont: With Descriptions, Physical and Topographical by Hosea Beckley (1846)
"Seasons of plunging and slumping.—Funerals, and tombs for winter accommodations.—The
winter of 1842-3 remarkable. —March and April.—A great flood. ..."
5. Practical Rowing with Scull and Sweep by Eugene Abraham Darling, Arthur Wesselhoeft Stevens (1906)
"slumping When the stroke has been rowed through and the oar is being drawn in to
the body by the arms for the finish, care must be taken that the pivot ..."
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