slant
English
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Etymology
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectical slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Pronunciation
Noun
slant (plural slants)
- A slope; an incline, inclination.
- The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
- A sloped surface or line.
- (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
- (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
- 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
- Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
- 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
- An oblique movement or course.
- (biology) 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.
- (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
- (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
- (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
- (originally US) A point of view, an angle; a bias.
- It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
- (US) A look, a glance.
- (US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
Synonyms
- (typography): See slash
Derived terms
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Translations
slope or incline
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sloped surface or line
mining: run
typography: slash — see slash
oblique movement or course
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biology: sloping surface in a culture medium
pan for holding paintbrushes
container or surface to hold watercolors
sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult
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slang: opportunity
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type of crime
bias
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look, glance
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pejorative: person of Asian descent
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Verb
slant (third-person singular simple present slants, present participle slanting, simple past and past participle slanted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
- If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
- (Can we date this quote by Dodsley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- On the side of yonder slanting hill
- (transitive) To bias or skew.
- The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.
Related terms
Translations
to lean, slope or incline
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to bias or skew
Adjective
slant
- Sloping; oblique; slanted.
- 2015, Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now
- By the eighth day, Alexander and Caswell had lashed together a hut with a slant roof […]
- 2015, Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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