slant

1. A slope; an incline, inclination.

   The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

2. A sloped surface or line.
3. A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4. An oblique movement or course.
5. A sloping surface in a culture medium.
6. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
7. A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolors.
8. A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
9. An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
10. A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
11. (originally United States) A point of view, an angle; a bias.

    It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

12. A look, a glance.
13. A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

1. To lean, tilt or incline.

   If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

2. To bias or skew.

   The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

3. To lie or exaggerate.

adjective

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

1. A slashing action or motion, particularly:
2. A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
3. Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
4. The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

   Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.

5. Slash fiction.

1. A drink of something; a draft.
2. A piss: an act of urination.

1. A swampy area; a swamp.
2. A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

1. The period of a transitory breeze.
2. An interval of good weather.
3. The loose part of a rope; slack.