(slants, slanting, slanted)
1.
Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical.
The morning sun slanted through the glass roof...
...slanting green eyes.
VERB: V adv/prep, V-ing
2.
If something is on a slant, it is in a slanting position.
You're slightly above the garden because the house is on a slant.
...long pockets cut on the slant.
N-SING
3.
If information or a system is slanted, it is made to show favour towards a particular group or opinion.
The programme was deliberately slanted to make the home team look good.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, also be V-ed prep
4.
A particular slant on a subject is a particular way of thinking about it, especially one that is unfair.
The political slant at Focus can be described as centre-right...
N-SING: usu with supp