Adjective: slanting slãn-ting
- Having an oblique or slanted direction
"The roof was slanting, allowing rainwater to run off easily";
- aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, sloped, sloping
- To incline or bend from a vertical position
"She slanted over the banister";
- lean, tilt, tip, angle
- Heel over
"The ceiling is slanting";
- cant, cant over, tilt, pitch
- Lie obliquely
"A scar slanted across his face"
- 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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