slant
verb/slɑːnt/
/slænt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slant | /slɑːnt/ /slænt/ |
| he / she / it slants | /slɑːnts/ /slænts/ |
| past simple slanted | /ˈslɑːntɪd/ /ˈslæntɪd/ |
| past participle slanted | /ˈslɑːntɪd/ /ˈslæntɪd/ |
| -ing form slanting | /ˈslɑːntɪŋ/ /ˈslæntɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to slope or to make something slope in a particular direction or at a particular angle
- + adv./prep. (literary) The sun slanted through the window.
- slant something + adv./prep. Slant your skis a little more to the left.
- [transitive] slant something (+ adv./prep.) (sometimes disapproving) to present information based on a particular way of thinking, especially in an unfair way
- The findings of the report had been slanted in favour of the manufacturers.
Word Originlate Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.
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