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Meanings of slant in English

Catalan
pendent
Spanish
inclinación

Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane.

pendent
Catalan
decantar
Spanish
prejuiciar

To incline or bend from a vertical position.

Related terms
decantar
Catalan
bascular
Spanish
inclinar

Heel over.

bascular
Portuguese
enfoque
Catalan
enfocament
Spanish
enfoque

A biased way of looking at or presenting something.

enfoque
Usage of slant in English
1
It concerns the slant of realities meeting-oroccasionally clashing-ata shared point.
Wired
2
The trenches slant toward the well and carry into it the rainfall.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
3
We slant up to the left through that notch in the ridge.
Bloom of Cactus
4
Secrets in November have a positive slant, while December brings career opportunities.
The South African
5
They reached its side and slid down the slant to the ground.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
6
Far away a slant of light between the trees closed the view.
Victory: An Island Tale
7
This required a dark slant board behind the actor to support him.
Hiding the Elephant
8
After some initial straightforward questions, the poll began to reveal its slant.
The appeal
9
These run on a slant out from the shore toward the channel.
The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mor...
10
If the little slant towards the crag deceived you, it deceived me.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
11
See the slant of the forehead and the way the eyelids droop?
The Oracle Glass
12
At last the path began to slant downward more steeply and constantly.
Pet Sematary
13
Visit Website to steady us at a slant just below the peak.
Climbing Magazine
14
I've not tried to put a political slant into This Is England.
The Guardian
15
On the shore Kobuk waited, his slant eyes blinking at the moon.
Where the Sun Swings North
16
He is the one who walks with a slant at all times.
Helen of troy
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Translations for slant
Portuguese
enfoque
Slant through the time
Slant across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common