SLANTED

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


Adjective

slanted (comparative more slanted, superlative most slanted)

Placed at an angle, on a slant.

Verb

slanted

simple past tense and past participle of slant

Anagrams

• dentals, landest, standel

Source: Wiktionary


SLANT

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



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