Slant
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Noun
Slant (plural Slants)- A slope or incline.
- The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
- A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or angle.
- It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
- (pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Asian descent.
Verb
Slant (third-person singular simple present Slants, present participle Slanting, simple past and past participle Slanted)
- To lean, tilt or incline.
- If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
- To bias or skew.
- The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
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