Definition of slant

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Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Slope :: Slope (v. t.) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth..
Bias :: Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias..
Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Bevel :: Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant..
Slant :: Slant (n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant..
Slantwise :: Slantwise (adv.) Alt. of Slantl.
Slent :: Slent (n. & v.) See Slant.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..
Slant :: Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Slantly :: Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
Sloping :: Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
Slant :: Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Slant :: Slant (v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line..
Bevel :: Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber..
Slanted :: Slanted (imp. & p. p.) of Slan.
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined..
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