1.b> ( . i>); / i> ; the ground slopes to the south i> ; a pleasant garden that slopes down to the river , ; a sloping roof ; sloping shoulders ;
2.b> (); ; his handwriting slopes backwards / / ; it was a very old house with sloping walls ;
3.b> .i> / (), ; they got bored waiting for him and sloped off ; he sloped off early today i> .