All slant synonyms
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S s verb slant
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- lying down β to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- deplane β to disembark from an aeroplane
- cambering β a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- fudge β a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- gnarling β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- misreport β to report incorrectly or falsely.
- cataracted β a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- misrepresent β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- level β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- line up β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cheese β Cheese is a solid food made from milk. It is usually white or yellow.
- color β the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
noun slant
- contrivance β If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- queerness β strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
- xenophobia β fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
- obliquity β the state of being oblique.
- conviction β a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
- direction β the act or an instance of directing.
- close up β If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- differential β of or relating to difference or diversity.
- bss β British Standards Specification
- feature β a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- aspect β An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
- y β the 25th letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
- flection β the act of bending.
- distortion β an act or instance of distorting.
- optique β Obsolete form of optic.
- misrepresentation β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- anschauung β direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- onesidedness β The property of being onesided.
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- concept β A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
- notion β a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.
- flexure β the act of flexing or bending.
- mutilation β to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- conceptualization β to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- downtrend β a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
adverb slant
- alongside β If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.