Standard Lemma guide

slanting

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈslæntɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æntɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AE1 N T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state or quality of being slanted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of slant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having an oblique or slanted direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, sloped, sloping

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թեք (tʻekʻ) — not perpendicular
  • Armenian: շեղ (šeġ) — not perpendicular
  • Belarusian: касы́ (kasý) — not perpendicular
  • Belarusian: нахі́лены (naxíljeny) — not perpendicular
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜 (xié) — not perpendicular
  • French: oblique — not perpendicular
  • German: schräg — not perpendicular
  • Greek: λοξός (loxós) — not perpendicular
  • Ancient Greek: λοξός (loxós) — not perpendicular
  • Javanese: mayat — not perpendicular
  • Latin: obliquus — not perpendicular
  • Latin: obstitus — not perpendicular
  • Māori: kōnana — not perpendicular
  • Māori: hāhā — not perpendicular
  • Māori: tītaha — not perpendicular
  • Māori: tīraha — not perpendicular
  • Occitan: oblic — not perpendicular
  • Occitan: de galís — not perpendicular
  • Polish: skośny — not perpendicular
  • Polish: ukośny — not perpendicular
  • Russian: косо́й (kosój) — not perpendicular
  • Russian: накло́нный (naklónnyj) — not perpendicular
  • Ukrainian: коси́й (kosýj) — not perpendicular
  • Ukrainian: похи́лий (poxýlyj) — not perpendicular
  • Polish: nachylenie — quality of being slanted
  • Polish: pochylenie — quality of being slanted
  • Polish: pochyłość — quality of being slanted