Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Meanings
Sloping; oblique; slanted.
A slant ray of golden sunshine entered the chamber; it drew nearer and nearer as the hour went by, till it fell on Guido's bed. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 308:
By the eighth day, Alexander and Caswell had lashed together a hut with a slant roof […] 2015, Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now:
The Laplander beholds the far-off Sun
Dart his slant beam on unobeying snows, […] 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations:
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Meanings
A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
A sloped surface or line.
A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique. [1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
An oblique movement or course.
A sloping surface in a culture medium.
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
(US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
(slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
(Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
A point of view, an angle.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
(US) A look, a glance.
`What do you want?' `Just a slant at the weapon,' said Fenner. 1920 June 14, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 213, column 1:
All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages; 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
(US, derogatory, ethnic, slur) A person with epicanthi, particularly an East Asian.
cmn 斜坡 (slope or incline) · de Hang (sloped surface or line) · ru скос (slope or incline) · de Hang (slope or incline) · de Seitenhieb (sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult) · ru укло́н (bias) · de Blick (look, glance) · it pendio (slope or incline) · fi kalteva alusta (biology: sloping surface in a culture medium) · it pendenza (slope or incline) · fi vinotunneli (mining: run) · de schiefe Ebene (slope or incline) · it tendenza (bias) · ru тенде́нция (bias) · de Schräge (slope or incline) · de Näpfchen (depression with sloping bottom to hold watercolors) · pdt Schrozinj (slope or incline) · de Abhang (slope or incline) · de Steigung (slope or incline) · cs okos (sloped surface or line) · de Neigung (bias) · fi asenne (bias) · fi vietto (sloped surface or line) · es inclinación (slope or incline) · fi kalteva lokero (depression with sloping bottom to hold watercolors) · sh nagib (slope or incline) · fi vinoviiva (sloped surface or line) · ru укло́н (slope or incline) · fi tulokulma (bias) · de Ausrichtung (bias) · de Richtung (bias) · bg кос поглед (look, glance) · el προκατάληψη (bias) · cs spád (slope or incline) · fi silmäys (look, glance) · sh kosina (slope or incline) · de Schräge (sloped surface or line) · sh kosina (bias) · fi vinottainen liike (oblique movement or course) · de Neigung (sloped surface or line) · ru накло́н (slope or incline) · fi näkökulma (bias) · ga maig (slope or incline) · cmn 偏見 /偏见 (bias) · cs pokos (sloped surface or line) · ru косина́ (slope or incline) · fi kalteva pinta (biology: sloping surface in a culture medium) · tr eğiklik (slope or incline) · fi tendenssi (bias) · fr biais (slope or incline) · bg накло́н (slope or incline) · bg склонност (bias) · sk sklon (slope or incline) · fi teline (pan for holding paintbrushes) · fi kaltevuus (sloped surface or line) · fi sauma (slang: opportunity) · ko 경사 (slope or incline) · de Neigung (slope or incline) · de schiefe Ebene (sloped surface or line) · fi rinne (slope or incline) · ru склон (slope or incline) · de Tendenz (bias) · cs sklon (slope or incline) · fr connotation (bias) · pt inclinação (slope or incline) · fi kalteva pinta (sloped surface or line) · fi vinoilu (sarcastic remark; indirect mocking insult) · de Abhang (sloped surface or line) · bg склон (sloped surface or line) · de schräg verlaufende Linie (sloped surface or line) · cs svah (slope or incline) · sh nagib (bias) · it angolatura (bias) · grc κλίσις (slope or incline) · it inclinazione (slope or incline) · cs zkosení (sloped surface or line) · el κλίση (slope or incline)
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
On the side of yonder slanting hill 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture:
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
(transitive) To bias or skew.
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
es sesgar (to bias or skew) · fr incliner (to lean, slope or incline) · bg накланям (to lean, slope or incline) · cs naklonit (to lean, slope or incline) · mi tītaha (to lean, slope or incline) · cs zkreslit (to bias or skew) · el γέρνω (to lean, slope or incline) · ca inclinar (to lean, slope or incline) · cs sklánět (to lean, slope or incline) · cs sklonit (to lean, slope or incline) · ca esbiaixar (to bias or skew) · fr biaiser (to bias or skew) · fi suunnata (to bias or skew) · it inclinare (to lean, slope or incline) · ota اكمك (to lean, slope or incline) · tr eğmek (to lean, slope or incline) · de neigen (to lean, slope or incline) · grc κλίνω (to lean, slope or incline) · fr pencher (to lean, slope or incline) · ru наклони́ть (to lean, slope or incline) · it pendere (to lean, slope or incline) · cs překroutit (to bias or skew) · cs naklánět (to lean, slope or incline) · tr eğikleşmek (to lean, slope or incline) · fi viettää (to lean, slope or incline) · mi honga (to lean, slope or incline) · el κλίνω (to lean, slope or incline) · de abschrägen (to lean, slope or incline) · sh naginjati (to bias or skew) · de einseitig ausrichten (to bias or skew) · fi painottaa (to bias or skew) · ru наклоня́ть (to lean, slope or incline)