Slant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope: She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.
  • v. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience: The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.
  • verb-intransitive. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
  • n. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
  • n. A sloping thing or piece of ground.
  • n. Printing A virgule.
  • n. A personal point of view or opinion.
  • n. A bias.
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A slope or incline.
  • n. A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.
  • n. A person of Asian descent.
  • v. To lean, tilt or incline.
  • v. To bias or skew.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
  • v. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to.
  • n. A slanting direction or plane; a slope.
  • n. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
  • adj. Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lie obliquely to some line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; slope: as, a slanting roof.
  • To go or turn off at a small angle from some direct line; deviate: as, at this point the road slants off to the right. Specifically
  • To exaggerate; “draw the long bow”; fib.
  • To have a leaning; incline.
  • To give a sloping direction to; set or place at an angle to something else: as, slant the mirror a little more.
  • Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line or plane.
  • n. An oblique direction or plane; a slope.
  • n. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
  • n. A chance; an opportunity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a biased way of looking at or presenting something
  • n. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
  • v. lie obliquely
  • v. present with a bias
  • v. to incline or bend from a vertical position
  • v. heel over
  • Verb Form
    slanted    slanting    slants   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    point of view    stand    standpoint    viewpoint    lie    predetermine    bias   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    slanted    slanting    aslant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slope    sloping    oblique    inclination    bias    steep    inclined    glance    fall    diverge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant    Brandt    Brant    Grant    Kant    Levant    Quant    ant    aunt    brant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    incline    tilt    declivity    gradient    ascent    glint    inclination    angle    slope    lurch