(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward. / (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

(obsolete) Sloping.

(obsolete) slopingly

A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut. / A low, base, lewd person. / (obsolete) An immoral woman.

The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). / The tree Prunus spinosa.

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance / Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. / Someone who is slow to act. / (dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture / (intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. / (transitive) To cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.

(uncountable, chiefly Britain, Australia and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work. / (countable, cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

To walk slowly, encountering resistance. / (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task. / To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.