slant.
A slope; an incline, inclination.
Meaning & usage
A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
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.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
A look, a glance.
A person with epicanthi, particularly an East Asian.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
To bias or skew.
a magazine slanted toward the youth market
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
To lie or exaggerate.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Sloping; oblique; slanted.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
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