āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to slant
01
āĻšā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to incline or tilt, creating an oblique or diagonal angle in a specified direction
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lone tree on the hill slanted toward the sun, reaching for the sunlight.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āϰā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϏā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻšā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to move or proceed in a direction that is not straight or perpendicular
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airplane slants during its descent, gradually aligning with the runway for a smooth landing.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§, āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āϰāĻžāύāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāϏā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
03
āĻšā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to position or direct something in a way that deviates from a straight orientation
Transitive: to slant sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To capture a dynamic perspective, the photographer slanted the camera.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤā§, āĻĢāĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to interpret or present information with a subjective point of view or bias
Transitive: to slant information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The filmmaker intentionally slanted the documentary to emphasize a particular social issue.
āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĄāĻā§āĻŽā§āύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āϤā§āϞ⧠āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
01
āĻĸāĻžāϞ, āĻā§āĻāĻ
a slope, angle, or incline that departs from level or flat alignment
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She admired the slant of the hillside from the cabin window.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰāĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ
a biased or subjective angle in presenting information, often reflecting personal or ideological viewpoints
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His slant on the issue was shaped by personal experience.
āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Typographers use a slant to differentiate the symbols in textual formatting.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āϏāĻ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāϰā§āϝāĻ āϰā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤



























