Definitions for slant
slænt, slɑntslant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slant, anglenoun

   a biased way of looking at or presenting something

2. pitch, rake, slantverb

   degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

   "the roof had a steep pitch"

3. slantverb

   lie obliquely

   "A scar slanted across his face"

4. slant, angle, weightverb

   present with a bias

   "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

5. lean, tilt, tip, slant, angleverb

   to incline or bend from a vertical position

   "She leaned over the banister"

6. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitchverb

   heel over

   "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slantnoun

   A slope or incline.

   The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

2. slantnoun

   A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.

   It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

3. slantnoun

   A person of Asian descent.

4. slantverb

   To lean, tilt or incline.

   If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

5. slantverb

   To bias or skew.

   The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SLANT, SLANTINGadjective

   Etymology: from slanghe, a serpent, Dutch. Stephen Skinner

   Oblique; not direct; not perpendicular.

   Late the clouds
   Justling, or push’d with winds, rude in their shock,
   Tine the slant lightning; whose thwart flame driv’n down,
   Kindles the gummy bark of fir and pine. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   The sun round the globe describes th’ Æquator line,
   By which wise means he can the whole survey
   With a direct or with a slanting ray,
   In the succession of a night and day. Richard Blackmore.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slantverb

   to be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope

2. Slantverb

   to turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line

3. Slantnoun

   a slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant

4. Slantnoun

   an oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark

5. Slantverb

   inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique

6. Etymology: [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.]

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1. Slant

   A slant route is a pattern run by a receiver in American football, where the receiver runs up the field at approximately a 45-degree angle, heading to the gap between the linebackers and the linemen. Usually, the pass is used when the corner or nickelback are playing further away from the receiver, so a quick pass is able to be completed before the defender has time to try to break up the pass. The pass is used frequently in the West Coast system, where quick, accurate throwing is key. This route is most commonly used to exploit the cover 2 defense. Usually throwing in the seam between the safety and the cornerback is the key to getting a completion using this route.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Slant

   slant, adj. sloping: oblique: inclined from a direct line—also Slan′ting.—n. a slope: a gibe: (slang) a chance.—v.i. to turn in a sloping direction.—v.i. to slope, to incline towards: (Scot.) to exaggerate, to lie.—adj. Slantendic′ūlar, oblique: indirect.—advs. Slan′tingly, in a slanting direction: with a slope or inclination; Slant′ly, Slant′wise, in a sloping, oblique, or inclined manner.—Slant-of-wind, a transitory breeze of favourable wind. [Scand., Sw. slinta, to slide.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of slant in a Sentence

1. Emily Dickinson:

   Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

2. Ted Sarandos:

   There’s no political slant to the programming.

3. Eli Manning:

   A little double move, the safety (Reshad Jones) was getting low and got Odell on a slant. We hadn't practiced it in a while, but we talked about it earlier today that it might come up.

4. John Travolta:

   People really need to take time and read a book, you know, that’s my advice. You could read 'A New Slant on Life,' you could read 'Dianetics.' And I think if you really read it, you’ll understand it, but unless you do, you’ll speculate. And I think that’s a mistake to do that.

5. Emily Dickinson:

   There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes--

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