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Slant

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Noun

1. angle, slant

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

2. pitch, rake, slant

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

Example Sentences:
'the roof had a steep pitch'

Verb

3. slant

lie obliquely

Example Sentences:
'A scar slanted across his face'

4. angle, slant, weight

present with a bias

Example Sentences:
'He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders'

5. angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip

to incline or bend from a vertical position

Example Sentences:
'She leaned over the banister'

6. cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt

heel over

Example Sentences:
'The tower is tilting'
'The ceiling is slanting'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slant

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verb
1. 
to incline or be inclined at an oblique or sloping angle
2. (transitive)
to write or present (news, etc) with a bias
3. (intransitive; foll by towards)
(of a person's opinions) to be biased
noun
4. 
an inclined or oblique line or direction; slope
5. 
a way of looking at something
6. 
a bias or opinion, as in an article
7.  a less technical name for solidus
8.  on a slant
adjective
9. 
oblique, sloping

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Slant

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
2.  US
a. 
to write or tell so as to appeal to a particular interest
b. 
to distort in writing or telling so as to express a particular bias
noun
3. 
a. 
an oblique or inclined surface, line, direction, etc.; slope; incline
b. 
virgule
4.  US
a. 
a point of view, attitude, or opinion
b. 
a distortion or bias in narration
5.  Informal
a quick, oblique look; glance
adjective
6. 
oblique; sloping; inclined

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slant

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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.
n.
1.
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.
3.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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