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slanting (verb)

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  • cant over — verb heel over The tower is tilting The ceiling is slanting • Syn: ↑cant, ↑tilt, ↑slant, ↑pitch • Derivationally related forms: ↑pitch ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • CAN'T — contr. can not. * * * ˈkant, aa(ə) , ai ; esp S ā ; esp NewEng & Brit ȧ , ä ; sporadically e Etymology: by contraction : can not * * * /kant, kahnt/ contraction of cannot. Usage. See can1, cannot, contraction. * * * can t contraction of ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cant. — abbr. Canticles (Old Testament). * * * 1. Canterbury. 2. Cantonese. * * * abbrev 1. Canterbury 2. Canticles * * * cant1 «kant», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. talk that is not sincere; moral or religious statements t …   Useful english dictionary

  • slant — /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,… …  

  • tip — I. /tɪp / (say tip) noun 1. a slender or pointed extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers. 2. the top, summit, or apex. 3. a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming the extremity of something. 4. a… …  

  • slant — [[t]slɑ͟ːnt, slæ̱nt[/t]] slants, slanting, slanted 1) VERB Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical. [V adv/prep] The morning sun slanted through the glass roof... [V adv/prep] Battered pine floors slanted down to a… …   English dictionary

  • di|ag´o|nal|ly — di|ag|o|nal «dy AG uh nuhl», noun, adjective, verb, naled, naling or (especially British) nalled, nal|ling. –n. 1. a) a straight line or plane that cuts across in a slanting direction, often from corner to corner. b) Geometry. a line connecting… …   Useful english dictionary

  • di|ag|o|nal — «dy AG uh nuhl», noun, adjective, verb, naled, naling or (especially British) nalled, nal|ling. –n. 1. a) a straight line or plane that cuts across in a slanting direction, often from corner to corner. b) Geometry. a line connecting two… …   Useful english dictionary

  • slant — 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.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cant — I. /kænt / (say kant) noun 1. insincere statements, especially conventional pretence of enthusiasm for high ideals; insincere expressions of goodness or piety. 2. a. a secret language or jargon formerly spoken by the criminal class in England in… …  

  • splay — /spleɪ / (say splay) verb (t) 1. to spread out, expand, or extend. 2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel. 3. to make with a splay or splays. 4. to disjoin; dislocate. –verb (i) 5. to have an oblique or slanting direction. 6. to… …  

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