Толковый словарь английского языка - slant
Slant
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English slenten to fall obliquely, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slenta to slope, Old Norse sletta to throw carelessly Date: 1644 intransitive verb to take a diagonal course, direction, or path, to turn or incline from a right line or a level ; slope , transitive verb to give an oblique or sloping direction to, to interpret or present in line with a special interest ; angle , ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1655 a ~ing direction, line, or plane ; slope , 2. something that ~s, slash 4, a football running play in which the ballcarrier runs obliquely toward the line of scrimmage, 3. a peculiar or personal point of view, attitude, or opinion, a ~ing view ; glance , ~ adjective ~ways adverb ~wise adverb or adjective ~y adjective
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v., n., & adj. --v. 1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line. 2 tr. cause to do this. 3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way. --n. 1 a slope; an oblique position. 2 a way of regarding a thing; a point of view, esp. a biased one. --adj. sloping, oblique. Phrases and idioms on a (or the) slant aslant. slant-eyed having slanting eyes. slant height the height of a cone from the vertex to the periphery of the base. Etymology: aphetic form of ASLANT: (v.) rel. to ME slent f. ON sletta dash, throw ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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