Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slant"
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) 1.7 (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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