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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]
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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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Thesaurus Results for slant:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Anschauung, aberrancy, aberration, across, action, aim, anagnorisis, angle, angle of vision, angularity, animus, approach, aptitude, architectonics, architecture, argument, ascend, aslant, aslope, aspect, athwart, atilt, atmosphere, attitude, background, bank, basis, belie, bend, bendwise, bent, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, biaswise, blink, branching off, burlesque, camber, camouflage, cant, canting, careen, careening, caricature, cast, catastrophe, catercorner, catercornered, character, characterization, circuitousness, climb, color, complication, concentrate, configuration, constitution, continuity, contrivance, corner, crook, crossways, crosswise, curve, cut, cut across, cut crosswise, declination, decline, deflection, denouement, departure, descend, design, detour, development, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diagonal, diagonalize, diathesis, digression, dip, direct, direction, discursion, disguise, disposition, distort, divagation, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, dogleg, double, dress up, drift, drifting, drop, eccentricity, effect, eidolon, embellish, embroider, episode, errantry, exaggerate, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, eye, fable, facet, fall, fall away, fall off, falling action, falsify, fashion, feature, figure, flash, focus, footing, form, frame of reference, framework, fudge, garble, gestalt, gild, gimmick, glance, glimpse, gloss, gloss over, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient, grain, guise, hairpin, half an eye, heel, idea, idiosyncrasy, image, imago, impression, incident, inclination, inclinational, inclinatory, incline, inclined, inclining, indirection, individualism, influence, keel, kidney, kittycorner, lean, leaning, leaning tower, light, likeness, line, lineaments, list, listing, local color, look, make, makeup, manner, mask, mental outlook, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, miscite, miscolor, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misquote, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, misuse, mold, mood, motif, movement, mythos, nature, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, obliquely, obliquity, one-sidedness, orient, out of plumb, out of square, outlook, overdraw, overstate, parody, partiality, peek, peep, pererration, peripeteia, pervert, phase, phasis, pitch, pitched, place, plan, plot, point, point of view, position, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, quick sight, rake, raking, rambling, ramp, rapid glance, recline, recognition, recumbent, reference, reference system, regard, respect, retreat, rhomboid, rise, rising action, scheme, scratch comma, secondary plot, seeming, semblance, separatrix, set, shape, sheer, shelve, shelving, shelvy, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, side, sideling, sidelong, sideways, sidewise, sidle, sight, simulacrum, situation, skew, slant across, slanted, slanting, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slash, slash across, slaunchways, slope, sloped, sloping, solidus, splay, spoon-feed, squiz, stamp, stand, standpoint, story, strain, straying, streak, stripe, structure, style, subject, subplot, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, switch, system, tack, temper, temperament, tendency, thematic development, theme, thwart, tilt, tilted, tilting, tip, tipped, tipping, tipsy, titivate, tone, topic, torture, total effect, tower of Pisa, train, transverse, travesty, trick out, turn, turn of mind, turning, twist, type, understate, universe, uprise, variation, varnish, veer, view, viewpoint, virgule, wandering, warp, weight, whitewash, wink, wise, wrench, yaw, zigzag |
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Common Misspellings > |
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