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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
slant
    n 1: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn:
         slant, angle]
    2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a
       steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant]
    v 1: lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"
    2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to
       please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]
    3: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over
       the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle]
    4: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
       [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slant \Slant\, v. t.
   To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping
   direction to; as, to slant a line.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slant \Slant\, n.
   1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a
      slant.
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   2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
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   Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its
      general direction.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slant \Slant\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.]
   Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or
   perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning."
   --Milton.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slant \Slant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Slanting.] [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.
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         On the side of younder slanting hill.    --Dodsley.
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