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slant

  [slant, slahnt]
Use slant in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to veer or angle away from a given level or line, esp. from a horizontal; slope.
2. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually fol. by toward).
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to slope.
4. to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, esp. in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration.
5. to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers: a story slanted toward young adults.
–noun
6. slanting or oblique direction; slope: the slant of a roof.
7. a slanting line, surface, etc.
8. virgule.
9. a mental leaning, bias, or distortion: His mind shows a curious slant.
10. viewpoint; opinion; attitude: Let him give you his slant.
11. Informal. a glance or look.
12. Also called angle. Journalism. the particular mood or vein in which something is written, edited, or published: His column always has a humorous slant.
13. Football.
a. an offensive play in which the ball-carrier runs toward the line of scrimmage at an angle.
b. Also called slant-in. a pass pattern in which a receiver cuts diagonally across the middle of the field.
14. Also called slant-eye  [slant-ahy, slahnt-ahy] . Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an Oriental person, esp. a Chinese or Japanese.
–adjective
15. sloping; oblique: a slant roof; a slant approach.
Origin:
1485–95; aph. var. of aslant

Related forms:
slant⋅ing⋅ly, slantly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. lean, incline. See slope. 6. incline, inclination, pitch, obliquity, obliqueness.

vir⋅gule

  [vur-gyool]
–noun Printing.
1. a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
2. a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.: 3/21/27; 3/4; Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee.
Also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, slant, slash, solidus; especially British, stroke.

Origin:
1830–40; < F virgule comma, little rod < L virgula; see virgulate
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slant   (slānt)   
v.   slant·ed, slant·ing, slants

v.   tr.

  1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope: She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.

  2. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience: The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.

v.   intr.
To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
n.  

    1. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.

    2. A sloping thing or piece of ground.

    3. A personal point of view or opinion.

    4. A bias.

  2. Printing A virgule.

    1. A personal point of view or opinion.

    2. A bias.

  4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.


[Alteration of obsolete slent, from Middle English slenten, to fall aslant, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
slant'ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: rays of light slanting through the window; inclined her head toward the speaker; leaned against the railing; a driveway that slopes downhill; tilted his hat at a rakish angle; tipped her chair against the wall.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: slant
Pronunciation: 'slant
Function: noun
: a culture medium solidified obliquely in a tube so as to increase the surface area slant> —compare STAB 2a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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