slant
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
business
media
mining
natural-sciences
publishing
typography
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: slants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slants
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slanting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slanted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slanted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A slope; an incline, inclination.
pos: noun
examples: The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
gloss: A sloped surface or line.
pos: noun
gloss: A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
pos: noun
examples: Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
gloss: An oblique movement or course.
pos: noun
gloss: A sloping surface in a culture medium.
pos: noun
gloss: A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
pos: noun
gloss: A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
pos: noun
gloss: A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
pos: noun
gloss: A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
pos: noun
tags: US
obsolete
gloss: An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
gloss: A point of view, an angle.
pos: noun
examples: It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
gloss: A look, a glance.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages;
`What do you want?' `Just a slant at the weapon,' said Fenner.
gloss: A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
pos: noun
tags: US
derogatory
ethnic
slur
gloss: To lean, tilt or incline.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
On the side of yonder slanting hill
gloss: To bias or skew.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
gloss: To lie or exaggerate.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
intransitive
gloss: Sloping; oblique; slanted.
pos: adj
examples: The Laplander beholds the far-off Sun
Dart his slant beam on unobeying snows, […]
A slant ray of golden sunshine entered the chamber; it drew nearer and nearer as the hour went by, till it fell on Guido's bed.
By the eighth day, Alexander and Caswell had lashed together a hut with a slant roof […]
Synonyms: slash
Related words: slent
aslant
Derived words: downslant
rough slant
slant bar
slant distance
slantendicular
slanter
slanteye
slant-eyed
slantface
slant height
slant line
slantly
slant of wind
slant range
slant rhyme
slant sight
slantways
slantwise
slanty
slaunchwise
upslant
reslant
slantable
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: kalteva lokero
lang: German
word: Näpfchen