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Definition of Sloped
1. Adjective. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
Similar to: Inclined
Derivative terms: Diagonal, Diagonal, Diagonal
Definition of Sloped
1. Verb. (past of slope) ¹
2. Adjective. That has or have a slope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloped
1. slope [v] - See also: slope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloped
Literary usage of Sloped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farmer's Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Technical Terms Recently by Daniel Pereira Gardner (1854)
"There are two methods of doing this : one described in the cut, where the stalk
is first cut off obliquely, and the sloped part is then cut off horizontally ..."
2. The Kiln Drying of Lumber: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise by Harry Donald Tiemann (1917)
"Figure 38 shows an inclined pile of green inch maple boards which is sloped in
the proper direction to take advantage of the descending tendency of the air. ..."
3. Pratt's Law of Highways: (5 & 6 Will. 4, Cap. 50, 25 & 26 Vict. Cap. 61, 27 by Thomas Clement Sneyd Kynnersley, John Tidd Pratt (1865)
"... within fourteen daya after having dug up sufficient materials in such pit or
hole, cause the same to be filled up or sloped down, and fenced off, ..."
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