Slant

English Meaning

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope: She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.
2. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience: The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.
3. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
4. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
5. A sloping thing or piece of ground.
6. Printing A virgule.
7. A personal point of view or opinion.
8. A bias.
9. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.