slant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams

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slant (plural slants)

1. A slope or incline.

   The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

2. A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.

   It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

3. (pejorative) A person of Asian descent

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to slant (third-person singular simple present slants, present participle slanting, simple past and past participle slanted)

1. To lean, tilt or incline.

   If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

2. To bias or skew.

   The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

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• aslant

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• Anagrams of alnst
• lants