Slant
Slant , intransitive verb
[Old English slenten to slope, slide; compare Swedish slinta to slide.]
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder slanting hill.
Slant , transitive verb
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
Slant , noun
1.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
2.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Collocations (1)
Slant or wind , a local variation of the wind from its general direction.
Slant , adjective
[Compare dial. Swedish slant. See Slant, v. i.]
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
The slant lightning.