cants

Meaning of cants

verb, 3rd person present
  1. talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.
    if they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

early 16th century: probably from Latin cantare ‘to sing’ (see chant). The early meaning was ‘musical sound, singing’; in the mid 17th century this gave rise to the senses ‘whining manner of speaking’ and ‘form of words repeated mechanically in such a manner’ (for example a beggar's plea), hence ‘jargon’ (of beggars and other such groups).

verb, 3rd person present
  1. have or cause to have a slanting or oblique position; tilt.
    he canted his head to look at the screen
    mismatched slate roofs canted at all angles
plural noun
  1. a slope or tilt.
    the outward cant of the curving walls
  2. a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off.
    a squared-off cant remains, containing the knottiest wood

Middle English (denoting an edge or brink): from Middle Low German kant, kante, Middle Dutch cant ‘point, side, edge’, based on a Romance word related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.

Information about cants

  • The singular form of cants is: cant.
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Hyphenation of cants

cants

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cants is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cants synonyms

Meaning move or cause to move into a sloping position:

tilt

Meaning be in or move into a sloping position:

lean

Meaning slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal:

slant

Meaning (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down:

slope

Meaning lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal:

incline

Meaning direct or incline at an angle:

angle

Meaning attach to or cover the end or extremity of:

tip

Meaning make a list of:

list

Meaning (with reference to an aircraft or vehicle) tilt or cause to tilt sideways in making a turn:

bank

Meaning fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot):

heel

Meaning the angle at which a straight line or plane is inclined to another:

inclination

Anagrams of cants

canst, sanct, scant

Words that rhyme with cants

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