aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
(adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction
biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted
(adjective) favoring one person or side over another; “a biased account of the trial”; “a decision that was partial to the defendant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slanted (comparative more slanted, superlative most slanted)
Placed at an angle, on a slant.
slanted
simple past tense and past participle of slant
• dentals, landest, standel
Source: Wiktionary
Slant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanting.] Etym: [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.]
Definition: To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley.
Slant, v. t.
Definition: To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
Slant, n.
1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.
Slant, a. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.]
Definition: Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
