Slant meaning
Slant means sloping.
An example of slant used as an adjective is in the phrase "slant position," which means a position that is sloping.
adjective
Oblique; sloping; inclined.
adjective
Slant is defined as to tip something to the side, or to write or tell something with a point of view.
An example of to slant is to tilt a photo to the side.
An example of to slant is to write a news story with an extreme liberal agenda.
verb
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.
verb
To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
verb
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A virgule.
noun
Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
noun
To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope.
verb
A quick, oblique look; glance.
noun
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
noun
(pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of East Asian descent, supposed to have slanting eyes.
noun
The definition of a slant is an incline or a point of view.
An example of a slant is an upward slope.
An example of a slant is a conservative editorial approach in a newspaper.
noun
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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.
verb
Origin of slant
- Alteration of obsolete slent from Middle English slenten to fall aslant perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition