[{"word":"sloped","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To tend steadily upward or downward.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The road slopes sharply down at that point."},{"definition":"To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to slope the ground in a garden;   to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment"},{"definition":"(usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me."},{"definition":"To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The order was given to \"slope arms\"."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That has or have a slope.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["slanted","sloping"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slope","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloped"]}]