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verb | noun slantslant1 /slænt/ verb ETYMOLOGYslant1Origin: 1400-1500 From a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEslant |
| Present | I, you, we, they | slant | | he, she, it | slants | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slanted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slanted | | he, she, it | has slanted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slanted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slant | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slanted |
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| Present | I | am slanting | | he, she, it | is slanting | | you, we, they | are slanting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was slanting | | you, we, they | were slanting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slanting | | he, she, it | has been slanting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slanting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slanting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slanting |
THESAURUS if a structure or surface leans, it is not upright but stands so that the top is not directly above the bottom► lean if a structure or surface leans, it is not upright but stands so that the top is not directly above the bottom: The tower leans slightly to the left. ► be at an angle to be in a position in which one side of something is higher than the other side: The portrait hanging on the wall was at an angle. ► slope if a line, surface, or piece of ground slopes, it is higher at one end than the other: The lawn sloped down toward the swimming pool. ► slant slant means the same as slope, but you do not use it about the ground: The floor slanted slightly, so the balls would always roll toward the right. ► angle to turn or move something so that it is pointing in a different direction, especially one that is not straight: She angled her face away from our line of sight. ► tilt to move something so that its position is not straight or upright: I tilted my head back to face the sun. 1[intransitive, transitive] to slope, or move in a sloping line, or to make something do this: The sun’s rays slanted through the trees.► see thesaurus at lean12[transitive] to give information or ideas in a way that gives more support to a particular opinion, group of people, or set of ideas, especially in a way that is unfair: The researchers were accused of slanting their findings to support their theories. verb | noun slantslant2 noun [singular] ► a new/fresh/different slant on something Recent events have put a new slant on the president’s earlier comments. ► at/on a slant The house seems to be built on a steep slant. 1a way of writing about or thinking about a subject that shows strong support for a particular opinion or set of ideas SYN bias: The article had an anti-American slant.2a particular way of thinking about something that is different from the previous way of thinking about it, or different from the way other people think about it: a new/fresh/different slant on something Recent events have put a new slant on the president’s earlier comments.3a sloping position or angle: at/on a slant The house seems to be built on a steep slant. |