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| slant | |
| 1. sost. inclinazione, declinazione | |
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| slant | |
| 1. subst. A slope; an incline, inclination. |  |
| The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level. | |
| 2. subst. A sloped surface or line. | |
| 3. subst. (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam. | |
| 4. subst. (typography) (synonym of slash) ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text. | |
| 5. subst. An oblique movement or course. | |
| 6. subst. (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium. | |
| 7. subst. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes. | |
| 8. subst. A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolors. | |
| 9. subst. (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult. | |
| 10. subst. (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere. | |
| 11. subst. (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement. | |
| 12. subst. (originally US) A point of view, an angle; a bias. | |
| It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant. | |
| 13. subst. (US) A look, a glance. | |
| 14. subst. (US, ethnic slur pejorative) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian. | |
| 15. v. To lean, tilt or incline. | |
| If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster. | |
| 16. v. To bias or skew. | |
| The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves. | |
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