[
US
/ˈsɫænt/
]
[ UK /slˈɑːnt/ ]
[ UK /slˈɑːnt/ ]
VERB
-
present with a bias
He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders -
to incline or bend from a vertical position
She leaned over the banister -
heel over
The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting -
lie obliquely
A scar slanted across his face
NOUN
-
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
the roof had a steep pitch - a biased way of looking at or presenting something
How To Use slant In A Sentence
- The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
- The resulting dikaryons were cultured on slant medium to test for fruiting phenotypes.
- The morning sun slanted through the glass roof.
- Unless otherwise stated, all code is untested slanter - lol, I didn't think of doing it that way. great idea. AutoHotkey Community
- The fracture surface is a fibrous slant fracture.
- Stayed the gleam on the steel cap, the glint on the slant petronel. Ride to the Lady And Other Poems
- The mountain boys held on to each other laughing, and I wasn't any too pleased, but Carson gave me his slantendicular smile and shrugged. Isabelle
- A narrow track led to it, through the gaps, slantwise, from the gate of the mistal. The Three Sisters
- Light slanted through the canopy of trees that sheltered the abandoned field, causing Qiara to shield her face, and squint her eyes up at the sun.
- The evening sunlight shone aslant through the window.
