slant
slant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
- 2.An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.
- 3.Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- acclivity
- alien
- alienage
- alienism
- ascent
- bank
- beach
- bend
- bevel
- beyond
- bias
- body
- cant
- creole
- crookedness
- curve
- declivity
- descent
- devexity
- dip
- distortion
- downhill
- easy
- element
- emigrant
- exceptional
- exteriority
- extraneous
- extrinsicality
- fall
- foreign
- foreigner
- gentle
- gradient
- greaser
- ground
- hill
- immigrant
- inadmissible
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is slant.
- What is a slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant called?
- What is an oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction called?
- What is inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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