Slant

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. On the side of younder slanting hill. Dodsley.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. "The slant lightning." Milton.