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[ verb ] lie obliquely

Examples

"A scar slanted across his face"

Used in print

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

And he was handsome , despite the long thin scar that slanted across his cheek .

Related terms

lie lie pitch

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[ verb ] present with a bias

Synonyms

weight angle

Examples

"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

Used in print

(Marian Nester, "New Methods of Parapsychology"...)

In another approach to the same procedure , the content of the readings is analyzed so_as_to see how the particular medium is likely to slant her statements .

Related terms

bias weight

3
[ noun ] a biased way of looking at or presenting something

Synonyms

angle

Used in print

(John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)

Are you experimenting with different selling slants in developing new customers ?

Related terms

point_of_view

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[ noun ] degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

Synonyms

pitch rake

Examples

: "the roof had a steep pitch"

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

Yet everywhere else sameness was stucco and wood in square_blocks - like fortresses perched against the slant of the hill , rising with the hill to the top where the church was and beyond that to the cemetery .

Related terms

gradient cant slope

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[ verb ] to incline or bend from a vertical position

Synonyms

lean tilt angle tip

Examples

"She leaned over the banister"

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[ verb ] heel over

Examples

"The tower is tilting" "The ceiling is slanting"

Related terms

move cock bank pitch bevel tilter lean

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