Slant

What do we mean by slant?

To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope. intransitive verb

To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience. intransitive verb

To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope. intransitive verb

A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope. noun

A sloping thing or piece of ground. noun

A virgule. noun

A personal point of view or opinion. noun

A bias. noun

Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry. noun

Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line or plane.

An oblique direction or plane; a slope. noun

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. noun

A chance; an opportunity. noun

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.

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.

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 watercolors.

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.

(originally United States) A point of view, an angle; a bias.

A look, a glance.

A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Words that are spelled similarly to slant:
slant, plant, shant, scant, slang, slat, lant, aslant, slent, stant, slane, slank, slint, slart, sant, suant, slatt, slan, alant, skant, slana, salant, klant, slapt.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slant:
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Words that rhyme with slant:
plant, grant, cant, ant, rant, scant, aunt, recant, supplant, implant, levant, quant, chant, pant, enchant, transplant, decant, confidante, eggplant, gant, brant, kant, lant, tant, brandt, tante, yant, incant, rembrandt, stant, zante, fant, power plant, trant, sant, amazon ant, water plant, replant, rhubarb plant, dant, air plant, plante, oyster plant, fire ant, century plant, gantt, army ant, ulysses s grant, ice plant, gregorian chant, winter squash plant, white ant, fante, umbrella plant, resurrection plant, sensitive plant, manufacturing plant, pie plant, chinese silk plant, spider plant, land grant, rubber plant, spinach plant, pharaoh ant, snow plant, vascular plant, immanuel kant, dental implant, sweet corn plant, block grant, carpenter ant, desert plant, industrial plant, penile implant, pitcher plant, chinese lantern plant, icicle plant, little black ant, soybean plant, norplant, sweet pepper plant, breast implant, corneal transplant, driver ant, spanish oyster plant, tabasco plant, ulysses grant, cotton plant, common bean plant, compass plant, mistletoe rubber plant, anise plant, assembly plant, friendship plant, poisonous plant, roast beef plant, slave ant, bog plant, heating plant, herbaceous plant.

Consonant match to slant:
slent.

Words that sound like slant:
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