different between slant vs askew

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectical slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintan?. Probably influenced by aslant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slænt/, /?sl??nt/
• Hyphenation: slant
• Rhymes: -ænt, -??nt

Noun

slant (plural slants)

1. A slope; an incline, inclination.

2. A sloped surface or line.
3. (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4. (typography) Synonym of slash ??/??, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
5. An oblique movement or course.
6. (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
7. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
8. A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolours.
9. (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
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. (originally US) A point of view, an angle.

    Synonym: bias

13. (US) A look, a glance.
14. (US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Synonyms

• (typography): See slash

Derived terms

• downslant
• slant bar
• slant height
• slant line
• slant of wind
• slant rhyme
• slant sight

Related terms

• slent

Translations

Verb

slant (third-person singular simple present slants, present participle slanting, simple past and past participle slanted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.

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

   • 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture

     On the side of yonder slanting hill

2. (transitive) To bias or skew.

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

3. (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.

Related terms

• aslant
• slent

Translations

Adjective

slant

1. Sloping; oblique; slanted.
   • 2015, Michael Z. Williamson, A Long Time Until Now

     By the eighth day, Alexander and Caswell had lashed together a hut with a slant roof […]

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• lants

English

Alternative forms

• askue, ascue, askoye, a skew

Etymology

From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- +? skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??skju?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Adjective

askew

1. Turned or twisted to one side.
2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Translations

Adverb

askew (comparative more askew, superlative most askew)

1. Tilted to one side.

   He wore his hat askew

Translations

Related terms

• skew-whiff

Anagrams

• wakes, wekas