Slanting

Slanting
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. [1913 Webster]

On the side of younder slanting hill. --Dodsley. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • slanting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inclining, sloping, tilting; see bent , oblique 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. inclined, sloping, tilting, leaning, canting, oblique, diagonal, askew, at an angle. ANT.: straight, level III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …   English dictionary for students

  • slanting — slænt /slɑːnt n. slope; inclination; tendency, liking; point of view v. slope, tilt; cause to slope; make biased, distort; cause to appeal to a particular audience adj. inclined, sloping, oblique …   English contemporary dictionary

  • slanting — a. Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • slanting — adj sloping, oblique, slanted, inclined, tilted, atilt; leaning, stooping, canting, listing, diagonal; abaxial, plagihedral, rhomboidal, eater cornered, Brit. wonky, Brit. skew whiff; askew, skew, aslant, awry, wry, askant, asquint; biased,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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