Slant
[slɑːnt] or [slænt]
Definition
(noun.) a biased way of looking at or presenting something.
(verb.) present with a bias; 'He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders'.
(verb.) lie obliquely; 'A scar slanted across his face'.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
(v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
(n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
(n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
(v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Slanting.
n. Slope.
v. n. Slope, lean, incline.
Edited by Andrea
Definition
adj. sloping: oblique: inclined from a direct line—also Slan′ting.—n. a slope: a gibe: (slang) a chance.—v.i. to turn in a sloping direction.—v.i. to slope to incline towards: (Scot.) to exaggerate to lie.—adj. Slantendic′ūlar oblique: indirect.—advs. Slan′tingly in a slanting direction: with a slope or inclination; Slant′ly Slant′wise in a sloping oblique or inclined manner.—Slant-of-wind a transitory breeze of favourable wind.
Typed by Denis
Examples
- At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She seemed to have lost sight of her friend's part in the incident: her inward vision had taken another slant. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These are anti-aircraft, two wheels with the gun barrel slanted up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So we slanted to the right (where the East was), and Joe pounded away so wonderfully, that I had to hold on tight to keep my seat. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As she reached Fiftieth Street the clouds broke abruptly, and a rush of cold rain slanted into her face. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Permit me, sir--if you hold the card a little slanting, this way, you catch the light upon the up-stroke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Light falling in a slanting direction is partly reflected and partly enters the stone; that part which enters is refracted or bent and causes the internal brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They looked up at the long, low house, dim and glamorous in the wet morning, its cedar trees slanting before the windows. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To overcome this difficulty skew bridges were designed, that crossed roads and canals in slanting directions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The blast pipe comes through the wall, and enters the fire through a flue which slants downward. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Millicent