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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slant has 2 senses
- slant(n = noun.cognition) angle - a biased way of looking at or presenting something; Array is a kind of point of view, stand, standpoint, viewpoint
- slant(n = noun.attribute) pitch, rake - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" is a kind of gradient, slope
Derived form verb slant2
has particulars: loft
Derived forms verb slant4, verb slant3, verb slant1
Verb slant has 4 senses
- slant(v = verb.stative) Array - lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face" is one way to lie
- slant(v = verb.cognition) angle, weight - present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" is one way to bias, predetermine
- slant(v = verb.motion) angle, lean, tilt, tip - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" is one way to bend, flex
- slant(v = verb.motion) cant, cant over, pitch, tilt - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" is one way to move
Derived form noun slant2
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
Derived form noun slant1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun slant2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun slant2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
slant, v. i. [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.].
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. [1913 Webster]
"On the side of younder slanting hill."
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slant, v. t.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster]
slant, n.
- A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant. [1913 Webster]
- An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. [1913 Webster]
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slant, v., n., & adj.
--v.
1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way.
--n.
1 a slope; an oblique position.
2 a way of regarding a thing; a point of view, esp. a biased one.
--adj. sloping, oblique.
--v.
1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way.
--n.
1 a slope; an oblique position.
2 a way of regarding a thing; a point of view, esp. a biased one.
--adj. sloping, oblique.
Idiom
on a (or the) slant aslant. slant-eyed having slanting eyes. slant height the height of a cone from the vertex to the periphery of the base.
Etymology
aphetic form of ASLANT: (v.) rel. to ME slent f. ON sletta dash, throw
THESAURUS
slant
Anschauung, aberrancy, aberration, across, action, aim, anagnorisis, angle, angle of vision, angularity, animus, approach, aptitude, architectonics, architecture, argument, ascend, aslant, aslope, aspect, athwart, atilt, atmosphere, attitude, background, bank, basis, belie, bend, bendwise, bent, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, biaswise, blink, branching off, burlesque, camber, camouflage, cant, canting, careen, careening, caricature, cast, catastrophe, catercorner, catercornered, character, characterization, circuitousness, climb, color, complication, concentrate, configuration, constitution, continuity, contrivance, corner, crook, crossways, crosswise, curve, cut, cut across, cut crosswise, declination, decline, deflection, denouement, departure, descend, design, detour, development, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diagonal, diagonalize, diathesis, digression, dip, direct, direction, discursion, disguise, disposition, distort, divagation, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, dogleg, double, dress up, drift, drifting, drop, eccentricity, effect, eidolon, embellish, embroider, episode, errantry, exaggerate, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, eye, fable, facet, fall, fall away, fall off, falling action, falsify, fashion, feature, figure, flash, focus, footing, form, frame of reference, framework, fudge, garble, gestalt, gild, gimmick, glance, glimpse, gloss, gloss over, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient, grain, guise, hairpin, half an eye, heel, idea, idiosyncrasy, image, imago, impression, incident, inclination, inclinational, inclinatory, incline, inclined, inclining, indirection, individualism, influence, keel, kidney, kittycorner, lean, leaning, leaning tower, light, likeness, line, lineaments, list, listing, local color, look, make, makeup, manner, mask, mental outlook, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, miscite, miscolor, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misquote, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, misuse, mold, mood, motif, movement, mythos, nature, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, obliquely, obliquity, one-sidedness, orient, out of plumb, out of square, outlook, overdraw, overstate, parody, partiality, peek, peep, pererration, peripeteia, pervert, phase, phasis, pitch, pitched, place, plan, plot, point, point of view, position, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, quick sight, rake, raking, rambling, ramp, rapid glance, recline, recognition, recumbent, reference, reference system, regard, respect, retreat, rhomboid, rise, rising action, scheme, scratch comma, secondary plot, seeming, semblance, separatrix, set, shape, sheer, shelve, shelving, shelvy, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, side, sideling, sidelong, sideways, sidewise, sidle, sight, simulacrum, situation, skew, slant across, slanted, slanting, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slash, slash across, slaunchways, slope, sloped, sloping, solidus, splay, spoon-feed, squiz, stamp, stand, standpoint, story, strain, straying, streak, stripe, structure, style, subject, subplot, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, switch, system, tack, temper, temperament, tendency, thematic development, theme, thwart, tilt, tilted, tilting, tip, tipped, tipping, tipsy, titivate, tone, topic, torture, total effect, tower of Pisa, train, transverse, travesty, trick out, turn, turn of mind, turning, twist, type, understate, universe, uprise, variation, varnish, veer, view, viewpoint, virgule, wandering, warp, weight, whitewash, wink, wise, wrench, yaw, zigzagROGET THESAURUS
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Extraneousness
N extraneousness, extrinsicality, exteriority, alienage, alienism, foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element, alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant, creole, Africander, outsider, Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot, extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior, tramontane, ultramontane, excluded, inadmissible, exceptional, in foreign parts, in foreign lands, abroad, beyond seas, over sea on one's travels.Obliquity
N obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion, bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.
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