slant

Use slant in a sentence

It is hard to hit a nail when it starts to slant.

adjective

Slant means sloping.
An example of slant used as an adjective is in the phrase "slant position," which means a position that is sloping.

noun

The definition of a slant is an incline or a point of view.
1. An example of a slant is an upward slope.
2. An example of a slant is a conservative editorial approach in a newspaper.

verb

Slant is defined as to tip something to the side, or to write or tell something with a point of view.
1. An example of to slant is to tilt a photo to the side.
2. An example of to slant is to write a news story with an extreme liberal agenda.

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slant

to incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
1. to write or tell so as to appeal to a particular interest
2. to distort in writing or telling so as to express a particular bias

Origin of slant

Middle English slenten, to glide, slope from Scand, as in Old Danish slente, to slip from Indo-European an unverified form (s)lend(h)- from base an unverified form (s)leidh-, slippery, to glide from source slide

1. an oblique or inclined surface, line, direction, etc.; slope; incline
2. virgule
1. a point of view, attitude, or opinion
2. a distortion or bias in narration
Informal a quick, oblique look; glance

oblique; sloping; inclined

Origin of slant

prob. aphetic < ME aslonte, aslant

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slant

verb

slant·ed, slant·ing, slants

verb

transitive

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.
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

intransitive

To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.

noun

a. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
b. A sloping thing or piece of ground.
Printing A virgule.
a. A personal point of view or opinion: an article with an unconventional slant.
b. A bias: an anti-religious slant.
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

Origin of slant

Alteration of obsolete slent from Middle English slenten to fall aslant perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Related Forms:

slant′ing·ly
adverb

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slant

slant incline lean ¹slope tilt ¹tip ²

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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Noun

(plural slants)

A slope or incline.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
(pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of East Asian descent, supposed to have slanting eyes.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present slants, present participle slanting, simple past and past participle slanted)

To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
To bias or skew.
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

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