English Explanatory Dictionary

slant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
  11. An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
  12. A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
verb
  1. To lean, tilt or incline.
  2. To bias or skew.
  3. To lie or exaggerate.
adj
  1. Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Pronunciation

/ˈslɑːnt/ /ˈslænt/ en-us-slant.ogg en-au-slant.ogg

Word forms

slant slants slanting slanted

Etymology

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal 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

slash particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text bias

Related words

slent aslant

Derived words

downslant rough slant slant bar slant distance slantendicular slanter slanteye slant-eyed slantface slant height slant line slantly slant of wind slant range slant rhyme slant sight slantways slantwise slanty slaunchwise upslant reslant slantable

Translations

Finnish: kalteva lokero German: Näpfchen
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