'Slant' definitions:
Definition of 'slant'
(from WordNet)
noun
A biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant, angle]
noun
verb
Lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"
verb
Present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]
verb
To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle]
verb
Definition of 'Slant'
From: GCIDE
- Slant \Slant\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slant'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Slant'
From: GCIDE
- Slant \Slant\, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slant'
From: GCIDE
- Slant \Slant\, n.
- 1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. [1913 Webster]
- Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- across,
- action,
- aim,
- anagnorisis,
- angle,
- angle of vision,
- angularity,
- animus,
- Anschauung,
- approach,
- aptitude,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- ascend,
- aslant,
- aslope,
- aspect,
- athwart,
- atilt,
- atmosphere,
- attitude,
- background,
- bank,
- basis,
- belie,
- bend,
- bendwise,
- bent,
- bevel,
- beveled,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- blink,
- branching off,
- burlesque,
- camber,
- camouflage,
- cant,
- canting,
- careen,
- careening,
- caricature,
- cast,
- catastrophe,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- character,
- characterization,
- circuitousness,
- climb,
- color,
- complication,
- concentrate,
- configuration,
- constitution,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- corner,
- crook,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- curve,
- cut,
- cut across,
- cut crosswise,
- declination,
- decline,
- deflection,
- denouement,
- departure,
- descend,
- design,
- detour,
- development,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviate,
- deviation,
- device,
- deviousness,
- diagonal,
- diagonalize,
- diathesis,
- digression,
- dip,
- direct,
- direction,
- discursion,
- disguise,
- disposition,
- distort,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- diverge,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- dogleg,
- double,
- dress up,
- drift,
- drifting,
- drop,
- eccentricity,
- effect,
- eidolon,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- episode,
- errantry,
- exaggerate,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- eye,
- fable,
- facet,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- falling action,
- falsify,
- fashion,
- feature,
- figure,
- flash,
- focus,
- footing,
- form,
- frame of reference,
- framework,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gestalt,
- gild,
- gimmick,
- glance,
- glimpse,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- go downhill,
- go uphill,
- grade,
- gradient,
- grain,
- guise,
- hairpin,
- half an eye,
- heel,
- idea,
- idiosyncrasy,
- image,
- imago,
- impression,
- incident,
- inclination,
- inclinational,
- inclinatory,
- incline,
- inclined,
- inclining,
- indirection,
- individualism,
- influence,
- keel,
- kidney,
- kittycorner,
- lean,
- leaning,
- leaning tower,
- light,
- likeness,
- line,
- lineaments,
- list,
- listing,
- local color,
- look,
- make,
- makeup,
- manner,
- mask,
- mental outlook,
- mental set,
- mettle,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconstrue,
- misdirect,
- misinterpret,
- misquote,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- misuse,
- mold,
- mood,
- motif,
- movement,
- mythos,
- nature,
- oblique,
- oblique angle,
- oblique figure,
- oblique line,
- obliquely,
- obliquity,
- one-sidedness,
- orient,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- outlook,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- parody,
- partiality,
- peek,
- peep,
- pererration,
- peripeteia,
- pervert,
- phase,
- phasis,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- place,
- plan,
- plot,
- point,
- point of view,
- position,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- prejudice,
- proclivity,
- propensity,
- quick sight,
- rake,
- raking,
- rambling,
- ramp,
- rapid glance,
- recline,
- recognition,
- recumbent,
- reference,
- reference system,
- regard,
- respect,
- retreat,
- rhomboid,
- rise,
- rising action,
- scheme,
- scratch comma,
- secondary plot,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- separatrix,
- set,
- shape,
- sheer,
- shelve,
- shelving,
- shelvy,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- side,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidle,
- sight,
- simulacrum,
- situation,
- skew,
- slant across,
- slanted,
- slanting,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slash,
- slash across,
- slaunchways,
- slope,
- sloped,
- sloping,
- solidus,
- splay,
- spoon-feed,
- squiz,
- stamp,
- stand,
- standpoint,
- story,
- strain,
- straying,
- streak,
- stripe,
- structure,
- style,
- subject,
- subplot,
- swag,
- sway,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- switch,
- system,
- tack,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- thwart,
- tilt,
- tilted,
- tilting,
- tip,
- tipped,
- tipping,
- tipsy,
- titivate,
- tone,
- topic,
- torture,
- total effect,
- tower of Pisa,
- train,
- transverse,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- turn,
- turn of mind,
- turning,
- twist,
- type,
- understate,
- universe,
- uprise,
- variation,
- varnish,
- veer,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- virgule,
- wandering,
- warp,
- weight,
- whitewash,
- wink,
- wise,
- wrench,
- yaw,
- zigzag