slanting

slant

S0463500 (slănt)v. slant·ed, slant·ing, slants v.tr.1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope: She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.2. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience: The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.v.intr. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.n.1. a. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.b. A sloping thing or piece of ground.2. Printing A virgule.3. a. A personal point of view or opinion: an article with an unconventional slant.b. A bias: an anti-religious slant.4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

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[Alteration of obsolete slent, from Middle English slenten, to fall aslant, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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slant′ing·ly adv.Synonyms: slant, incline, lean¹, slope, tilt¹, tip²
These verbs mean to depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: rays of light slanting through the window; inclined her head toward the speaker; leaned against the railing; a driveway that slopes downhill; tilted his hat at a rakish angle; tipped her chair against the wall.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

slanting - having an oblique or slanted directionaslant, aslope, slanted, sloped, sloping, diagonalinclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"

slanting

adjective sloping, angled, inclined, tilted, tilting, sideways, slanted, bent, diagonal, oblique, at an angle, canted, on the bias, aslant, slantwise, atilt, cater-cornered (U.S. informal) those slanting cheekbones

slanting

adjectiveAngled at a slant:beveled, bias, biased, diagonal, oblique, slanted.

Translations

倾斜的有倾向性地编写或报道的歪斜的

slant

(slaːnt) verb to be, lie etc at an angle, away from a vertical or horizontal position or line; to slope. The house is very old and all the floors and ceilings slant a little. 使傾斜，使傾向 （使）倾斜 noun a sloping line or direction. The roof has a steep slant. 傾斜 倾斜ˈslanting adjectiveHe has backward-slanting writing; slanting eyes. 有傾向性地編寫(或報導) ，斜視 有倾向性地编写或报道的，倾斜的，歪斜的