slant

Plural: slants

Noun

• a biased way of looking at or presenting something
• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
• A slope; an incline, inclination.
• A sloped surface or line.
• A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
• Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
• An oblique movement or course.
• A sloping surface in a culture medium.
• A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
• A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
• A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
• A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
• An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
• A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
• A point of view, an angle.
• A look, a glance.
• A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Verb

Verb Forms: slanted, slanting, slants

• To lean or incline at an angle; to bias.
• lie obliquely
  • "A scar slanted across his face"
• present with a bias
• to incline or bend from a vertical position
• heel over
  • "The ceiling is slanting"
• To lean, tilt or incline.
• To bias or skew.
• To lie or exaggerate.

Adj

• Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Examples

• If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
• It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
• The diagonal placement of ’SLANT’ strategically opened up a new triple word score.
• The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
• The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

Synonyms

angle, cant, cant over, lean, pitch, rake, tilt, tip, weight, bias, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text, slash

Related Words

aslant, slent

Anagrams of slant