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slant  (slnt)

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.

b. A bias.

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

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

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slanting·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]

vb

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

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

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

n

1. an inclined or oblique line or direction; slope

2. a way of looking at something

3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a bias or opinion, as in an article

4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a less technical name for solidus

on a (or the) slant sloping

adj

oblique, sloping

[short for aslant, probably of Scandinavian origin]

slanting  adj

slantingly , slantly adv

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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."

Thesaurus

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" cock - tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"

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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.

Translations

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]

n

(= 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

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slant

n

→ 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

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v slant [slaːnt]

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. skeeflê يَميل، يَنْحَدِر наклонявам (се) svažovat se hælde sich neigen γέρνω inclinar kaldu olema كج شدن viettää pencher לִנטוֹת तिरछा करना nagnuti se, naheriti se lejt memiringkan halla(st) inclinarsi, pendere 傾く 기울다 būti pakrypusiam būt slīpam; sašķiebties memiringkan hellen skrå, helle przechylać się estar inclinado a se înclina наклоняться, отклоняться zvažovať sa nagibati (se) nakriviti se slutta, luta เอน yana yatmak 傾斜 спрямовувати навскоси; перекоситися کسی خط سے منحرف ہونا nghiêng về một phía 倾斜

n

a sloping line or direction The roof has a steep slant. skeefheid, skeefte مَيْل ، إنْحِدار наклон spád, sklon hældning die Schräge κλίση inclinación, declive kalle شيب kaltevuus pente שִׁיפּוּע तिरछा, ढाल kosina, nagib lejtő(sség) kemiringan halli inclinazione, pendenza, pendio 傾斜 기울기 nuotėkis, nuožulnumas slīpums kemiringan schuinte skråning, helling skos, spad declive înclinare уклон, скос spád, sklon nagib kosina lutning, sluttning การเอียงลาด eğim 傾斜 схил آڑی وضع đường dốc, vị trí nghiêng 倾斜

adj slanting

He has backward-slanting writing; slanting eyes. skewe مائِل полегат šikmý skrånende; -skrånende schräg λοξός, πλαγιαστός inclinado, sesgado längus, viltune كج vino penché; bridé מְלוּכסָן तिरछा kos, kriv ferde miring hallandi inclinato, obliquo a mandorla 傾いた 기울어진 įkypus, nuožulnus []slīps condong schuin skrå(nende), skjev skośny oblíquo înclinat; oblic наклонный, косой šikmý poševen ukošen lutande, sned อย่างเอียง yana yatık, eğik 歪斜的，眼角上挑的 косий; похилий ترچھا xiên, nghiêng 歪斜的