slanting

/'slɑ:ntiɳ/

Thân thiện

The slanting roof of the barn sheds the rain easily.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having an oblique or slanted direction: Not horizontal or vertical; at an angle. Describes something that is neither perfectly upright nor perfectly flat, but leaning or sloping.

Usage

• The word "slanting" is used to describe the physical orientation or direction of an object, line, or surface. It is a descriptive adjective that can be applied to a wide variety of nouns, such as lines, roofs, handwriting, or sunlight. It often implies a deviation from the expected perpendicular or parallel alignment.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The slanting rays of the evening sun created long shadows.
  • She wrote her name in slanting letters on the page.
  • The old house had a slanting roof.

Advanced Usage

• "Slanting" can be used figuratively to describe a biased or non-neutral perspective, though this is less common than the literal use.
  • The article presented a slanting view of the historical events. (This usage is more directly associated with the verb "to slant" or the noun "slant.")

Variants and Related Words

• Slant (verb): To cause to lean or slope; to present information from a particular biased angle.
  • The writer slanted the story to favor one side.
• Slant (noun): A sloping direction, line, or surface; a particular point of view, especially a biased one.
  • The roof has a steep slant.
  • He gave the report a political slant.
• Slanted (adjective): This is a more common adjective form with the same meaning as "slanting." It is often used interchangeably.
  • slanted handwriting
• Aslant (adverb or adjective): In a slanting direction or position.
  • The picture hung aslant on the wall.

Synonyms

• Sloping: Having a surface that is at an angle.
• Inclined: Leaning or turning away from the vertical or horizontal.
• Tilted: Moved into a sloping position.
• Diagonal: Joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other shape; slanted.
• Oblique: Neither parallel nor at a right angle; slanting.

Antonyms

• Horizontal: Parallel to the plane of the horizon; flat and level.
• Vertical: At a right angle to the horizon; upright.
• Straight: Extending uniformly in one direction; without a curve or angle.
• Perpendicular: At an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having an oblique or slanted direction

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aslant
• aslope
• diagonal
• slanted
• sloped
• sloping