Slanting

//ˈslæntɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being slanted.

    "The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of slant form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having an oblique or slanted direction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aslantinclinedslantedslopingabstractionismaslant

Example

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"We had left the fertile country behind and beneath us. We looked back on it now, the slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to threads of gold and glowing on the red earth new turned by the plough and the broad tangle of the woodlands."

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