slant

slant
v
1. slope, lean, incline, tilt, pitch, dip; bend, bias, shift, shelve, cant, list, keel; skew, curve, veer, swerve; deviate, diverge, angle off, bear off, bevel, sheer.
2. bias, bend, twist, screw, wrest, garble; distort, misrepresent, misreport, falsify; misquote, misrender, misconstrue, misinterpret; color, Inf. stretch, doctor, varnish, embellish, embroider.
n
3. slope, slanting, incline, inclination; pitch, obliquity, obliqueness, skewness, wryness; deflection, divergence, divagation, deviation; lean, leaning, angle, bias, bevel, bezel; tilt, sway, tip, cant, rake; grade, ramp, scarp, side; angularity, AU Geol. syncline, anticline, anacline, catacline.
4. bias, one-sidedness, partiality, leaning, prejudice, tendency; distortion, misrepresentation, misinterpretation, misrendering, falsification; misreading, perversion, misconstruction, misusage, misquotation.
5. viewpoint, point of view, standpoint, stance, position; opinion, view, judgment, idea, impression, notion; approach, turn, bent, proclivity; attitude, aspect, angle, light.

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