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to cant
01
(of a boat or ship) to tilt to one side
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
cant
3rd person singular
cants
Present participle
canting
Past simple
canted
Past participle
canted
Examples
As the strong gusts of wind hit, the sailboat canted.
Cant
01
a set of stock or overused phrases that have lost meaning or impact due to constant repetition
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Plural form
cants
Examples
The speech was filled with political cant and empty promises.
02
an angled surface formed when two planes meet at an angle other than 90 degrees
Examples
The craftsman smoothed the cant on the edge of the wooden beam.
03
a specialized language, jargon, or secret code used by a particular group, especially to exclude outsiders
Examples
The thieves spoke in a cant to hide their intentions.
04
insincere or hypocritical talk, especially about religion, virtue, or morality
Examples
His sermon was full of cant, not genuine belief.
05
raised outer edge of a curved road or track above the inner edge to counteract centrifugal force
Examples
Engineers calculated the highway's cant so vehicles could take the bend at 80 km/h without skidding.
Lexical Tree
canted
decant
cant
