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Slope vs. Slant

Slope and Slant Definitions

Slope

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline
A roof that slopes.

Slant

To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope
She slants her letters from upper right to lower left.

Slope

To move or walk
"Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).

Slant

To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience
The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.

Slope

To cause to slope
Sloped the path down the bank.

Slant

To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
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Slope

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

Slant

A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.

Slope

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline
Ski slopes.

Slant

A sloping thing or piece of ground.

Slope

A deviation from the horizontal.

Slant

(Printing) A virgule.
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Slope

The amount or degree of such deviation.

Slant

A personal point of view or opinion
An article with an unconventional slant.

Slope

The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.

Slant

A bias
An anti-religious slant.

Slope

The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.

Slant

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
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Slope

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

Slant

A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

Slope

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
A steep slope

Slant

A sloped surface or line.

Slope

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

Slant

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

Slope

(mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
The slope of this line is 0.5

Slant

(typography) slash, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.

Slope

(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

Slant

An oblique movement or course.

Slope

The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.

Slant

(biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.

Slope

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Slant

A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.

Slope

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
The road slopes sharply down at that point.

Slant

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

Slope

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
To slope the ground in a garden;
To slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment

Slant

A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.

Slope

To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.

Slant

A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.

Slope

(military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
The order was given to "slope arms".

Slant

(slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.

Slope

(obsolete) Sloping.

Slant

A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.

Slope

(obsolete) slopingly

Slant

A point of view, an angle.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

Slope

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

Slant

(US) A look, a glance.

Slope

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.

Slant

A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Slope

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

Slant

(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

Slope

Sloping.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.

Slant

(transitive) To bias or skew.
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

Slope

In a sloping manner.

Slant

To lie or exaggerate.

Slope

To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

Slant

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Slope

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

Slant

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder slanting hill.

Slope

To depart; to disappear suddenly.

Slant

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

Slope

An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain

Slant

A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

Slope

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;
A five-degree gradient

Slant

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Slope

Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down

Slant

Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.

Slant

A biased way of looking at or presenting something

Slant

Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;
The roof had a steep pitch

Slant

Lie obliquely;
A scar slanted across his face

Slant

Present with a bias;
He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders

Slant

To incline or bend from a vertical position;
She leaned over the banister

Slant

Heel over;
The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting

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