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slant
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- pronunciation:
- slaent
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
slants, slanting, slanted |
| definition: |
When something slants, it leans or is at an angle. If the roof of a building is not flat, it slants. If a road goes up a small hill, then the road must slant.
The big slide in the park slants a lot, but the slide for the little kids hardly slants at all.Andrea's writing slants to the right, and Carl's writing slants to the left.Our house is on a hill, so our driveway slants.
- synonyms:
- incline, lean, slope, tilt
- similar words:
- bend, pitch, tip
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| related words: |
dip |
| derivation: |
slantingly (adv.) |
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