Slant /(?)/

Slant

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanting

  1. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
    On the side of younder slanting hill.
    — Dodsley.

Slant

v. t.
  1. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

Slant

n.
  1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
  2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Phrases & Compounds
Slant of wind
a local variation of the wind from its general direction.

Slant

a.
  1. Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.