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Definition of Slant
1. Verb. Lie obliquely. "A scar slanted across his face"
2. Noun. A biased way of looking at or presenting something.
3. Verb. Present with a bias. "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
4. Noun. Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. "The roof had a steep pitch"
Generic synonyms: Gradient, Slope
Specialized synonyms: Loft
Derivative terms: Pitch, Pitch
5. Verb. To incline or bend from a vertical position. "She leaned over the banister"
Generic synonyms: Bend, Flex
Specialized synonyms: Incline, Pitch, Slope, Weather, Heel, List, Lean Back, Recline
Derivative terms: Angle, Lean, Leaner, Tilt, Tilt
Also: Lean Against, Lean On, Tip Over, Tip Over
6. Verb. Heel over. "The ceiling is slanting"
Generic synonyms: Move
Specialized synonyms: Cock
Derivative terms: Cant, Cant, Pitch, Tilt, Tilter
Definition of Slant
1. v. i. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
2. v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
3. n. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
4. a. Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
Definition of Slant
1. Noun. A slope or incline. ¹
2. Noun. A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle. ¹
3. Noun. (pejorative ethnic slur) A person of Asian descent. ¹
4. Verb. To lean, tilt or incline. ¹
5. Verb. To bias or skew. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slant
1. to deviate from the horizontal or vertical [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slant
Literary usage of Slant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"2.0 slant, intravenously. Died 2 hours after injection. The results with the
rabbits injected with ... 1.8 slant, intravenously. Died night after injection. ..."
2. Graphology and the Psychology of Handwriting by June Etta Downey (1919)
"A. slant. 1. The graphological interpretation of slant is pretty uniform. slant to
the right is natural and spontaneous. The degree of slant indicates ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1902)
"THE SINGLE slant. SEVERAL letters have been forwarded to -me asking for particulars
of single slant lights. I think they have been already sufficiently ..."
4. A Laboratory Course in Serum Study: Bacteriology 208, Being a Series of by Hans Zinsser, Joseph Gardner Hopkins, Reuben Ottenberg (1916)
"1st dose 0.1 agar slant 2d dose 0.2 agar slant 3d dose 0.3 agar slant 4th dose
0.5 agar slant 5th dose 0.5 agar slant 3. ..."
5. Simplified Library School Rules: Card Catalog, Accession, Book Numbers by Melvil Dewey (1904)
"Make letters upright with as little slant as possible, and uniformly the same,
preferring a trifle backward rather than forward slant. ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"For as the lamb toward his deth is brought, So slant this innocent ... doughter slant
alone ; О blood real, ..."
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