slant
verb
[ slɑːnt ]
• slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.
• "a ploughed field slanted up to the skyline"
Similar:
slope,
tilt,
incline,
be at an angle,
angle,
tip,
cant,
be askew,
skew,
lean,
dip,
pitch,
shelve,
list,
bank,
heel,
oblique,
sloping,
at an angle,
angled,
not straight,
on an incline,
inclined,
tilting,
tilted,
atilt,
slanted,
aslant,
slantwise,
diagonal,
canted,
cambered,
leaning,
dipping,
shelving,
listing,
crooked,
askew,
squint,
cater-cornered,
catty-cornered,
kitty-corner,
• present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way.
• "everybody slants their research, whether they admit it or not"
Similar:
bias,
distort,
twist,
skew,
colour,
weight,
spin,
angle,
orient,
give a slant to,
give a bias to,
slant
noun
• a sloping position.
• "the hedge grew at a slant"
Similar:
slope,
incline,
tilt,
ramp,
gradient,
pitch,
angle,
rake,
cant,
camber,
skew,
leaning,
inclination,
shelving,
listing,
• a particular point of view from which something is seen or presented.
• "a new slant on science"
Similar:
point of view,
viewpoint,
standpoint,
stance,
angle,
perspective,
approach,
view,
opinion,
attitude,
position,
frame of reference,
bias,
leaning,
partiality,
prejudice,
twist,
bent,
spin,
slant
adjective
• sloping.
• "slant pockets"
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.
