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  • 41slant — slantingly, slantly, adv. /slant, slahnt/, v.i. 1. to veer or angle away from a given level or line, esp. from a horizontal; slope. 2. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually… …

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  • 42slant — re·slant; slant·able; slant; slant·in·dic·u·lar; slant·ing·ly; slant·ing·ness; slant·ing·ways; slant·ly; slant·ways; slant·ing·wise; …

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  • 43Slant 6 — Infobox musical artist Name = Slant 6 Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Washington, D.C., U.S. Instrument = Voice type = Genre = Punk rock Occupation = Years active = 1992… …

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  • 44slant-eyed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having slanting eyes; specifically : mongoloid * * * /slant uyd , slahnt /, adj. (of a person) 1. having eyes with epicanthic folds. 2. having eyes that appear to slant. 3. Disparaging and Offensive. being of Far Eastern… …

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  • 45Slant — Ein RAR (englisch: Real Aperture Radar) ist ein bildgebendes Radar Verfahren. Von einer bewegten Plattform (Flugzeug, Satellit) aus detektiert ein Radar seitlich zur Flugrichtung sequentiell die überflogene Landschaft. Ebenso wie das Synthetic… …

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  • 46Slant top desk — The slant top desk can be considered in some ways as the ancestor or the little brother, of the secretary desk for it is for all practical purposes a secretary desk without the massive bookcase on top of it. It can also be considered as the… …

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  • 47slant — slant1 [sla:nt US slænt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to slope or make something slope in a particular direction ▪ The sun s rays slanted through the trees. ▪ slanting eyes 2.) [T] to provide information …

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  • 48slant — slant1 [ slænt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to be or move at an angle that is not 90 degrees, or to make something do this: Beckham slanted the ball away from Hobbs. Pale sunlight slanted through the curtains. 2. ) transitive to give… …

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  • 49slant — {{11}}slant (n.) 1650s, from SLANT (Cf. slant) (v.). Derogatory slang sense of Oriental, slant eyed person is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant eyes (1929). {{12}}slant (v.) 1520s, to strike obliquely (against something), alteration of… …

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  • 50slant — I UK [slɑːnt] / US [slænt] verb Word forms slant : present tense I/you/we/they slant he/she/it slants present participle slanting past tense slanted past participle slanted 1) [intransitive/transitive] to be or move at an angle that is not 90… …

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