slant

Meanings

Noun

• A slope; an incline, inclination.
• A sloped surface or line.
• A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
• Synonym of slash , particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
• An oblique movement or course.
• A sloping surface in a culture medium.
• A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
• A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolours.
• A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
• An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
• A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
• A point of view, an angle.
• A look, a glance.
• A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Verb

• To lean, tilt or incline.
• To bias or skew.
• To lie or exaggerate.

Adjective

• Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Related

Similar words

• See slash

Origin

• Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectical slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta ("to slip"), Norwegian slenta ("to fall on the side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.