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Definition of cant verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cant

verb
 
/kænt/
 
/kænt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cant
 
/kænt/
 
/kænt/
he / she / it cants
 
/kænts/
 
/kænts/
past simple canted
 
/ˈkæntɪd/
 
/ˈkæntɪd/
past participle canted
 
/ˈkæntɪd/
 
/ˈkæntɪd/
-ing form canting
 
/ˈkæntɪŋ/
 
/ˈkæntɪŋ/
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  1. cant (something) to be in a sloping position; to put something into a sloping position
    Word Originverb Middle English (denoting an edge or brink): from Middle Low German kant, kante, Middle Dutch cant ‘point, side, edge’, based on a Romance word related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.
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