slant

nounangle, slope

nounparticular opinion
verbangle off, slope
verbchange to suit; distort

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noun angle, slope

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Word Origin & History

1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c.1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

Example Sentences for slant

A puff of wind and a slant of rain, as I've been saying to my gel here.

A bluebottle buzzed about the ceiling; a slant of sunlight crossed the floor.

The slant of the moonlight had died off the floor, and all was dark.

"Just a slant of rain maybe, and a puff of wind," said Csar.

Put a pencil in it, letting the pencil rest at a slant from left to right.

Far away a slant of light between the trees closed the view.

With a slant of the eye, that said and suppressed many things, Emma had gone.

The slant rays of the sun struck them and turned them mother-of-pearl.

The moon had peeped out and was flinging a slant of light over the water.

And it wasn't until after dinner that I got a slant on this remark of hers.

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