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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slant  \Slant\,  a.  [Cf.  dial.  Sw  slant.  See  {Slant},  v.  i.] 
  Inclined  from  a  direct  line  whether  horizontal  or 
  perpendicular;  sloping;  oblique.  ``The  slant  lightning.'' 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slant  \Slant\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slanted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slanting}.]  [OE.  slenten  to  slope,  slide;  cf  Sw  slinta  to 
  slide.] 
  To  be  turned  or  inclined  from  a  right  line  or  level;  to  lie 
  obliquely;  to  slope. 
 
  On  the  side  of  younder  slanting  hill.  --Dodsley. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slant  \Slant\,  v.  t. 
  To  turn  from  a  direct  line  to  give  an  oblique  or  sloping 
  direction  to  as  to  slant  a  line 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slant  \Slant\,  n. 
  1.  A  slanting  direction  or  plane;  a  slope;  as  it  lies  on  a 
  slant. 
 
  2.  An  oblique  reflection  or  gibe;  a  sarcastic  remark. 
 
  {Slant  or  wind},  a  local  variation  of  the  wind  from  its 
  general  direction. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slant 
  n  1:  a  biased  way  of  looking  at  or  presenting  something  [syn:  {angle}] 
  2:  degree  of  deviation  from  a  horizontal  plane:  "the  roof  had  a 
  steep  pitch"  [syn:  {pitch},  {rake}] 
  v  1:  lie  obliquely;  "A  scar  slanted  across  his  face" 
  2:  present  with  a  bias  [syn:  {angle},  {weight}] 
  3:  to  incline  or  bend  from  a  vertical  position:  "She  leaned 
  over  the  banister."  [syn:  {lean},  {tilt},  {tip},  {angle}] 
  4:  heel  over  [syn:  {cant},  {cant  over},  {tilt},  {pitch}]




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