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Definition of cant verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cant

verb

NAmE//kænt//

[intransitive, transitive] cant (something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cant

he / she / it cants

past simple canted

-ing form canting

to be or put something in a sloping position

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