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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
slant       (slānt)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  1. Printing A virgule.
    1. A personal point of view or opinion.
    2. A bias.
  2. 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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
slanting

adjective
having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Slanting

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.

On the side of younder slanting hill. --Dodsley.

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