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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slanted
adj 1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant, aslope,
diagonal, slanting, sloped, sloping]
2: favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account
of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the
defendant" [syn: biased, colored, coloured, one-sided]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "slanted":
aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, canting,
careening, cooked, doctored, garbled, inclinational, inclinatory,
inclined, inclining, leaning, listing, misquoted, misrepresented,
out of plumb, out of square, perverted, pitched, raking, recumbent,
shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanting, slantways,
slantwise, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped,
tipping, tipsy, tortured, twisted
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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