SLANT

v. n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley.

2.
v.

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

3.
n.

A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

4.
n.

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.

5.
a.

Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton.


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