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Adjective: slanting  slãn-ting
  1. Having an oblique or slanted direction
    "The roof was slanting, allowing rainwater to run off easily";
    - aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, sloped, sloping
Verb: slant  slãnt
  1. To incline or bend from a vertical position
    "She slanted over the banister";
    - lean, tilt, tip, angle
     
  2. Heel over
    "The ceiling is slanting";
    - cant, cant over, tilt, pitch
     
  3. Lie obliquely
    "A scar slanted across his face"
     
  4. Present with a bias
    "The journalist slanted the article to favour one side";
    - angle, weight

See also: inclined

Type of: bend, bias, flex, lie, move, predetermine, skew

Encyclopedia: Slanting

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