Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. 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.
- v. 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. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
- n. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
- n. A sloping thing or piece of ground.
- n. Printing A virgule.
- n. A personal point of view or opinion.
- n. A bias.
- n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To lie obliquely to some line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; slope: as, a slanting roof.
- To go or turn off at a small angle from some direct line; deviate: as, at this point the road slants off to the right. Specifically
- To exaggerate; “draw the long bow”; fib.
- To have a leaning; incline.
- To give a sloping direction to; set or place at an angle to something else: as, slant the mirror a little more.
- Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line or plane.
- n. An oblique direction or plane; a slope.
- n. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
- n. A chance; an opportunity.
Wiktionary
- n. A slope or incline.
- n. A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.
- n. pejorative, ethnic slur A person of Asian descent.
- v. To lean, tilt or incline.
- v. To bias or skew.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
- v. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to.
- n. A slanting direction or plane; a slope.
- n. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
- adj. Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- n. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- v. lie obliquely
- v. present with a bias
- v. to incline or bend from a vertical position
- v. heel over
Etymologies
- Alteration of obsolete slent, from Middle English slenten, to fall aslant, perhaps of Scandinavian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(April 19, 2007 5: 16: 00 PM CDT) thanks so much for this excallent blog! dont ever stop .... the crystal cave made my day .... and your slant is always spot on! dataisnature”
“This slant is most unforgivable in its news coverage, given that paper's claim of journalistic objectivity.”
“Its political slant is right-wing, and it is somewhat sensational, but it is definitely reliable.”
“Or that the only polling organization that has a slant is Rasmussen?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion About the Supreme Court
“Among this term's cases that could test that ideological slant is one on whether the Second Amendment right to own firearms applies to state laws and city regulations.”
“Also, my first ever interview with a gaming slant is now online.”
“Lots of good examples of his SF short stories with the typical Twain slant in the Tales of Wonder - Mark Twain collection published back in '84.”
“The other country that springs to mind with a similar poetic slant is Poland, and there may be a clue in that.”
“The other side of the slant is Mr. Lou Dobbs ... who claims he has not horse in this race ... yet he can't stay neutral with comments. ahha!”
“First, the press puts out what draws viewers, and therefore, its slant is a reflection of our society.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slant’.
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
revelation, eureka, awakening, idea, sapient, astute, canny, intelligent, wise, sharp, shrewd, informed and 467 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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POL - elections
weak democracy, stand a chance ag..., whistle stop, special interest ..., voting machine, trumpeting support, voting power, to court votes, war chest, short-term observ..., soak-the-rich lef..., term of office and 930 more...
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My List
frugal, vicissitude, scatter, fiduciary, calf, mesmerize, eke, unkempt, callousness, heist, fumble, flinty and 31 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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kingofbash's Words
bash, poleaxed, salacious, libertine, charlatan, aplomb, fortuitous, finagle, apoplectic, debutante, carte blanche, aardvark and 472 more...
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strieale's Words
scientism, chronological, christophobia, subsurface, high culture, jeffersonian demo..., jacksonian democracy, incommensurable, rebuttal, discerning, disparate, anodyne and 156 more...
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Under Milk Wood
moonless, night, starless, bible-black, cobblestreets, silent, hunched, courters-and-rabbits, invisible, limping, sloeblack, crowblack and 95 more...
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Activated Phonemes
This list was generated by first taking a letter from the alphabet, or any of the initial cluster set of phonesthemes compiled by the ingenious Benjamin Shisler) and then sticking one of the suffix...
bing, ding, ging, jing, ling, ming, king, ping, ring, sing, ting, wing and 189 more...
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kevinl's Words
indefatigable, dabble, befuddle, fin, infinity, might, futile, squirm, bookish, feint, liquidity, belt and 126 more...
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The Anatomy of a Ghost
Andrew Taylor
luddite, guile, double-fronted, guileless, fanlight, gangling, sedan chair, rout, ashlar, potation, inviolate, sash and 22 more...
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Fun with Aphesis
Words created by removing the beginning of a longer or original word or phrase. See also Fun with Apocopes.
phone, bus, drawing room, til, cello, squire, pike, cute, gypsy, mend, vanish, scapegoat and 22 more...
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stumblepeach - words
miasma, neologism, snuggery, hickory, frieze, slant, conspicuous, trullo, wikiality, truthiness, sequitur, monolith and 34 more...
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train
passenger, ltrz, beside, knees, blur, view, depart, arrive, glimpse, glance, recognize, yawn and 38 more...
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ruzuzu Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind--
-- Emily Dickinson's 1129 Aug 12, 2010