Dictionary Entry
slant
slant is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
- 2transitive verb
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
- 3noun
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
- 4noun
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
- 5intransitive verb
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
- 6noun
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
"the roof had a steep pitch"
- 7noun
a biased way of looking at or presenting something
Synonyms
- 8verb
present with a bias
"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
- 9verb
heel over
"The tower is tilting"
"The ceiling is slanting"
- 10verb
to incline or bend from a vertical position
"She leaned over the banister"
- 11verb
lie obliquely
"A scar slanted across his face"
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