slope+slant
21slant — /slænt / (say slant), /slant / (say slahnt) verb (i) 1. to slope; be directed or lie obliquely. –verb (t) 2. to slope; direct or turn so as to make (something) oblique. 3. a. to distort or give partisan emphasis to (a newspaper story, article,… …
22slant — 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 …
23Slant top desk — The slant top desk can be considered in some ways as the ancestor or the little brother, of the secretary desk for it is for all practical purposes a secretary desk without the massive bookcase on top of it. It can also be considered as the… …
24slant — {{11}}slant (n.) 1650s, from SLANT (Cf. slant) (v.). Derogatory slang sense of Oriental, slant eyed person is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant eyes (1929). {{12}}slant (v.) 1520s, to strike obliquely (against something), alteration of… …
25slant — 1. verb 1) the floor was slanting Syn: slope, tilt, incline, be at an angle, tip, cant, lean, dip, pitch, shelve, list, bank 2) their findings were slanted in our favor Syn …
26slope — v 1. slant, oblique, skew, fall obliquely, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink; list, lean, tip, tilt, cant, heel, Naut. careen. n 2. inclination, slant, bevel, pitch, grade, angle, skew, tilt …
27slant — 1. verb 1) the floor slanted Syn: slope, tilt, incline, be at an angle, tip, lean, dip, pitch, shelve, list, bank 2) their findings were slanted in our favour Syn …
28slant — 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 1. to take a diagonal course, direction, or path 2.… …
29slope — 1. noun 1) the slope of the roof Syn: gradient, incline, angle, slant, inclination, pitch, decline, ascent, declivity, rise, fall, tilt, tip, downslope, upslope, grade, downgrade, upgra …
30slope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slant, tilt, pitch, inclination; incline, grade, gradient, ramp, ascent, rise. See obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hillside] Syn. rising ground, incline, grade; see hill . 2. [Inclination] Syn.… …
