Found 3 items, similar to Slant.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: slant
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: slant
slant
n 1: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn:
angle]
2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;
“the roof had a
steep pitch” [syn:
pitch,
rake]
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:
angle,
weight]
3: to incline or bend from a vertical position;
“She leaned
over the banister” [syn:
lean,
tilt,
tip,
angle]
4: heel over;
“The tower is tilting”;
“The ceiling is slanting”
[syn:
cant,
cant over,
tilt,
pitch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Slant
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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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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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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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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