Link Centre Dictionary

slant

UK/ˈslɑːnt/ US/ˈslant/ uncommon obsolete slang us
noun (2) verb (4)

noun

1.

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

Synonyms
2.

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

  • “the roof had a steep pitch”
Synonyms

verb

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”
Synonyms
3.

to incline or bend from a vertical position

  • “She leaned over the banister”
Synonyms
4.

heel over

  • “The tower is tilting”
  • “The ceiling is slanting”
Synonyms

Origin

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.

Phrases

  • rough slant
  • slant bar
  • slant distance
  • slant height
  • slant line
  • slant of wind
  • slant range
  • slant rhyme

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

See also

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.