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slant

(slănt)

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.

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

b. A sloping thing or piece of ground.

2. Printing A virgule.

a. A personal point of view or opinion: an article with an unconventional slant.

b. A bias: an anti-religious slant.

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

[Alteration of obsolete slent, from Middle English slenten, to fall aslant, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

slant′ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: slant, incline, lean¹, slope, tilt¹, tip²
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.

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slant

(slɑːnt)

1. to incline or be inclined at an oblique or sloping angle

2. (tr) to write or present (news, etc) with a bias

3. (foll by: towards) (of a person's opinions) to be biased

4. an inclined or oblique line or direction; slope

5. a way of looking at something

6. (Journalism & Publishing) a bias or opinion, as in an article

7. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a less technical name for solidus

8. on a slant on the slant sloping

adj

oblique, sloping

[C17: short for aslant, probably of Scandinavian origin]

ˈslanting adj

ˈslantingly, ˈslantly adv

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slant

(slænt, slɑnt)

v.i.

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, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usu. fol. by toward).

v.t.

3. to cause to slope.

4. to distort (information), as by rendering it incompletely, esp. in order to reflect or favor a particular viewpoint.

5. to present for the interest or amusement of a specific group: a story slanted toward young adults.

6. slanting or oblique direction; slope: the slant of a roof.

7. a slanting line, surface, etc.

8. a particular viewpoint, opinion, attitude, or perspective: a story with a humorous slant.

9. a glance or look.

adj.

10. sloping; oblique.

[1610–20; < Scandinavian; compare dial. Norwegian slenta to slope, early Dan slente to slip]

slant′ing•ly, slant′ly, adv.

slant′wise`, adv., adj.

slant

wine cradle - A basket (etc.) used to hold wine at a slant.
slant - A variant of slent, an older word.
slash - The slash is also called a virgule, diagonal, separatrix, slant, and solidus.
tilt - Originally meant "fall over," from Germanic taltaz, "unsteady," long before it meant "slant."

slant

Past participle: slanted
Gerund: slanting

Imperative
slant
slant

Present
I slant
you slant
he/she/it slants
we slant
you slant
they slant

Preterite
I slanted
you slanted
he/she/it slanted
we slanted
you slanted
they slanted

Present Continuous
I am slanting
you are slanting
he/she/it is slanting
we are slanting
you are slanting
they are slanting

Present Perfect
I have slanted
you have slanted
he/she/it has slanted
we have slanted
you have slanted
they have slanted

Past Continuous
I was slanting
you were slanting
he/she/it was slanting
we were slanting
you were slanting
they were slanting

Past Perfect
I had slanted
you had slanted
he/she/it had slanted
we had slanted
you had slanted
they had slanted

Future
I will slant
you will slant
he/she/it will slant
we will slant
you will slant
they will slant

Future Perfect
I will have slanted
you will have slanted
he/she/it will have slanted
we will have slanted
you will have slanted
they will have slanted

Future Continuous
I will be slanting
you will be slanting
he/she/it will be slanting
we will be slanting
you will be slanting
they will be slanting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slanting
you have been slanting
he/she/it has been slanting
we have been slanting
you have been slanting
they have been slanting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slanting
you will have been slanting
he/she/it will have been slanting
we will have been slanting
you will have been slanting
they will have been slanting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slanting
you had been slanting
he/she/it had been slanting
we had been slanting
you had been slanting
they had been slanting

Conditional
I would slant
you would slant
he/she/it would slant
we would slant
you would slant
they would slant

Past Conditional
I would have slanted
you would have slanted
he/she/it would have slanted
we would have slanted
you would have slanted
they would have slanted

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Noun	1.	slant - a biased way of looking at or presenting something angle point of view, standpoint, viewpoint, stand - a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
	2.	slant - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" rake, pitch gradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" loft - (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
Verb	1.	slant - lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
	2.	slant - present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" weight, angle bias, predetermine - cause to be biased
	3.	slant - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" lean, tilt, angle, tip bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend" slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" weather - cause to slope heel, list - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" lean back, recline - move the upper body backwards and down
	4.	slant - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" cant, cant over, tilt, pitch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

slant

verb

1. slope, incline, tilt, list, bend, lean, heel, shelve, skew, cant, bevel, angle off The morning sun slanted through the glass roof.

2. bias, colour, weight, twist, angle, distort The was deliberately slanted to make the home team look good.

noun

1. slope, incline, tilt, gradient, pitch, ramp, diagonal, camber, declination The house is on a slant.

2. bias, emphasis, prejudice, angle, leaning, point of view, viewpoint, one-sidedness They give a slant to every single news item that's put on the air.

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slant

verb

1. To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal:

cant, heel, incline, lean, list, rake, slope, tilt, tip.

2. To have a tendency or inclination:

incline, lean, squint, tend, trend.

3. To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group:

bias, skew.

Informal: angle.

noun

1. Deviation from a particular direction:

cant, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, lean, list, rake, slope, tilt, tip.

2. The position from which something is observed or considered:

angle, eye, outlook, point of view, standpoint, vantage, viewpoint.

Translations

مَيْل ، إنْحِداريَميل، يَنْحَدِر

sklonspádsvažovat se

hældehældning

Schräge sich neigen

buzar

pencher pente teinte tendance biaiser

lejtõsség

hallahalli

declinazione in pendenza inclinazione obliquamente pendenza

būti pakrypusiamįkypusnuožulnumasnuožulnus

būt slīpamsašķiebtiesslīpums

nagibati se

eğimyana yatmak

使倾斜倾斜

slant

[slɑːnt]

A. N

1. (gen) → inclinación f, sesgo m; (= slope) → pendiente f, cuesta f
to be on the slant → estar inclinado, estar sesgado

2. (fig) (= point of view) → punto m de vista, interpretación f
what is your slant on this? → ¿cuál es su punto de vista sobre esto?, ¿cómo interpreta usted esto?
to get a slant on a topic → pedir pareceres sobre un asunto
the situation is taking on a new slant → la situación está tomando un nuevo giro

B. VT → inclinar, sesgar
to slant a report (fig) → enfocar una cuestión de manera parcial

C. VI → inclinarse, sesgarse
the light slanted in at the window → la luz entraba oblicuamente por la ventana

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slant

[ˈslɑːnt]

(= sloping position) → inclinaison f
At the back of the house, the floors have a noticeable slant
BUT Au fond de la maison, les sols penchent nettement. → Au fond de la maison, l'inclinaison des sols est nette.
on a slant → en pente

(= perspective) → point m de vue

(= bias) to give a slant to sth → déformer qch

vi (= slope) [floor, handwriting] → pencher

vt (= make biased) [+ news, account] → déformer

slant

→ Neigung f, → Schräge f; to be on a slant → sich neigen, schräg sein; his handwriting has a definite slant to the right/left → er schreibt stark nach rechts/links

(fig: = bias, leaning) → Tendenz f, → Neigung f; (of newspaper article) → Anstrich m; these newspapers have a right-wing slant → diese Zeitungen sind rechtsgerichtet or haben einen Rechtsdrall; to put a slant on something → etw biegen

(Typ: = slash) → Schrägstrich m

vt → verschieben; report → färben; the book is slanted toward(s) women → das Buch ist auf Frauen ausgerichtet

vi (road) → sich neigen; the light slanted in through the window → das Licht fiel schräg durch das Fenster herein; her eyes slant up at the corners → ihre Augen sind schräg gestellt

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slant

[slɑːnt]

1. n → pendenza, inclinazione f (Geom) → apotema m (fig) (point of view) → punto di vista, angolazione f
to be on a slant → essere inclinato/a
to give a new slant on sth → presentare qc sotto una nuova angolazione
to get a new slant on sth → vedere qc da un'altra angolazione

2. vt (roof) → inclinare
to slant a report (fig) → dare una versione distorta or tendenziosa dei fatti

3. vi → essere inclinato/a, pendere

slant

(slaːnt) verb

to be, lie etc at an angle, away from a vertical or horizontal position or line; to slope. The house is very old and all the floors and ceilings slant a little.

noun

a sloping line or direction. The roof has a steep slant.

ˈslanting adjective

He has backward-slanting writing; slanting eyes.

slant

n. inclinación, plano inclinado;

v. inclinar; inclinarse [words] distorsionar, trastrocar.

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The mine's mine." Then he chuckled gleefully as they followed him silently down the steep slant. The hole was just big enough to permit them to walk upright, although the Scarecrow, being much the taller of the party, often had to bend his head to keep from hitting the top.

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The cavern did not come to an end, as they had expected it would, but slanted upward through the great glass mountain, running in a direction that promised to lead them to the side opposite the Mangaboo country.

"We are certainly a good distance away from the Land of the Mangaboos," added Zeb; "for we have slanted away from it ever since we started."

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No more than he knew what horror that dark spot represented, did he know that Ah Moy's slant eyes had long since noticed it and were continuing to notice it, day by day, with secret growing terror.

Close-hauled on the south-east trades, the Mary Turner began her long slant toward the Marquesas.

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From step to step the rising foot could not come up and forward on a slant. It had to be raised perpendicularly.

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But the second idea, petty as it was, persisted; and, after swaying and mumbling to himself for a time, after unseeingly making believe to study the crisp fresh breeze that filled the Arangi's sails and slanted her deck, and, after sillily attempting on the helmsman to portray eagle-like vigilance in his drink-swimming eyes, he lurched amidships toward Jerry.

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One side and one end of it come about as straight up out of the sea as the side of a house, the other end is irregular and the other side is a steep slant which an army would find very difficult to climb.

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The bow colloid is unshuttered and Captain Purnall, one hand on the wheel, is feeling for a fair slant. The dial shows 4300 feet.

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It seemed incredible that that thing should creep straight up a sharp slant like the roof of a house--but there it was, and it was doing that very miracle.

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I looked round and saw to the right of me and a half-dozen yards in front of me a narrow gap in the wall of rock through which a ray of light slanted into the shadows.

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To a height of thirty feet the face of the wall slanted outward, and then for almost an equal distance it was perpendicular, above which it slanted in again for some fifteen feet to the crest.