n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: sloped ; slop · ing
Date: 1591
intransitive verb
1 : to take an oblique course
2 : to lie or fall in a slant : INCLINE
3 : GO , TRAVEL < slope s off into the night ― Wolcott Gibbs>
transitive verb : to cause to incline or slant
– slop · er noun