slanted; slanting; slants
1
: to take a diagonal course, direction, or path
2
: to turn or incline from a right line or a level : slope
1
: to give an oblique or sloping direction to
2
: to interpret or present in line with a special interest : angle
stories slanted toward youth
especially
: to maliciously or dishonestly distort or falsify
2
a
: something that slants
b
c
: a football running play in which the ballcarrier runs obliquely toward the line of scrimmage
3
a
: a peculiar or personal point of view, attitude, or opinion
b
: a slanting view : glance
slant
adjective
Examples of slant in a Sentence
Verb
The sunlight slanted down through the leaves and branches of the trees.
She slanted her hat a little to the right.
They deliberately slanted the story to make themselves look good.
Noun
The computer keyboard is positioned at a slant so that typing is more comfortable for the wrists.
He sliced the carrots on a slant.
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Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Nude but for white underwear, Diane Arbus regards herself in a full-length mirror, which slants to the right.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 11 July 2025
In today’s era of journalism, no columnist could write with such a harsh slant about people and subjects.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Verb
Less than two hours after sunrise, with the shadows still blue and slanting hard in a dense growth of balsam firs and spruces, the baby bird blundered into a fine black net strung along the ridgeline of Mount Mansfield, at 4,393 feet Vermont’s tallest mountain.
—Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Nude but for white underwear, Diane Arbus regards herself in a full-length mirror, which slants to the right.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Noun
The best way to beat man coverage in the past was to spam corners, posts, slants, drags and whip routes over and over again.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 11 July 2025
In today’s era of journalism, no columnist could write with such a harsh slant about people and subjects.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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“Slant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slant. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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slant
noun
: a culture medium solidified obliquely in a tube so as to increase the surface area
a blood-agar slant
compare stab sense 2a
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