slant

1. A slope; an incline, inclination.

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

   Schräge, Hang, Abhang

   укло́нuklón, накло́нnaklón, склонsklon

2. A sloped surface or line.

   Schräge, Hang, Abhang

3. A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

4. Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.

5. An oblique movement or course.

6. A sloping surface in a culture medium.

7. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.

8. A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.

   Näpfchen

9. A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.

10. (slang)An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.

11. (Australia, slang)A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.

12. A point of view, an angle.

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

    Tendenz, Neigung, Ausrichtung

    укло́нuklón, тенде́нцияtɛndɛ́ncija

1. Tom has slanted eyes.

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2. This newspaper has no political slant.

   ruУ этой газеты нет политического уклона.

   deDiese Zeitung hat keine politische Ausrichtung.

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3. When is the slant-eyed geezer coming?

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4. His handwriting slants forwards, whereas hers slants backwards.

   deSeine Handschrift neigt sich vorwärts, die ihre hingegen rückwärts.

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5. Run a slant route to the 30-yard line.

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