slant

verb

/slɑːnt/

/slænt/

Definition

› [I or T] to (cause to) lean in a position that is not vertical; to (cause to) slope: Italic writing slants to the right. The evening sun slanted (= shone with the light moving in a slope) through the narrow window.Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting › [T] often disapproving to present information in a particular way, especially showing one group of people, one side of an argument, etc. in such a positive or negative way that it is unfair: The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.Unfairness and favouring someone unfairlyJustice and fairness

(Definition of slant verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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