slant

Noun

1. A slope; an incline, inclination.
2. A sloped surface or line.
3. A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4. Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
5. An oblique movement or course.
6. A sloping surface in a culture medium.
7. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
8. A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
9. A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
10. (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
11. (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
12. (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
13. A point of view, an angle.
14. (US) A look, a glance.
15. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slur) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
2. (transitive) To bias or skew.
3. (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.

Adj

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslɑːnt/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: slent

Cognate with Swedish: slinta

Cognate with Norwegian: slenta

In summary

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.

Synonyms

slope

incline

lean

tilt

angle

bend

inclination

tip

pitch

list

decline

careen

skew

bow

🙇

cant

stoop

twist

point of view

bias

bevel

gradient

obliquity

splay

bank

🏦

cant over

dip

declivity

rake

leaning

incline toward

hue

tint

slanting

sloping

solidus

tendency

attitude

shade

sink

slash

aspect

obliqueness

lurch

nuance

oblique

diagonal

bent

acclivity

lean over

heel

Translations

pencher

neigen

incliner

inclinare

inclinar

abschrägen

sich neigen

inclinación

s’incliner

inclinazione

pente

hellen

aflopen

biaiser

buigen