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Meaning of "aslant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASLANT

aslant  [əˈslɑːnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASLANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aslant can act as an adverb and a preposition.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES ASLANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of aslant in the English dictionary

The definition of aslant in the dictionary is at a slant. Other definition of aslant is at a slant across or athwart.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASLANT


aren´t
ɑːnt
aunt
ɑːnt
can´t
kɑːnt
chant
tʃɑːnt
courant
kʊˈrɑːnt
courante
kʊˈrɑːnt
debutant
ˈdɛbjʊˌtɑːnt
debutante
ˈdɛbjʊˌtɑːnt
eggplant
ˈɛɡˌplɑːnt
enchant
ɪnˈtʃɑːnt
explant
ɛksˈplɑːnt
galant
ɡəˈlɑːnt
gant
ɡɑːnt
grant
ɡrɑːnt
implant
ɪmˈplɑːnt
plant
plɑːnt
slant
slɑːnt
supplant
səˈplɑːnt
tea-plant
ˈtiːˌplɑːnt
transplant
trænsˈplɑːnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASLANT

asker
askesis
askew
askewness
Askey
asking price
Askja
askos
asl
aslake
asleep
ASLEF
ASLIB
aslope
aslosh
ASM
Asmara
asmear
Asmodeus
asmoulder

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASLANT

air plant
ambulant
appellant
coolant
face-plant
gallant
jubilant
lant
manufacturing plant
nuclear power plant
on a slant
power plant
processing plant
repellant
sealant
semblant
stimulant
tremblant
vigilant
volant

Synonyms and antonyms of aslant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASLANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «aslant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of aslant

Translation of «aslant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASLANT

Find out the translation of aslant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aslant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aslant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倾斜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aslant
570 millions of speakers

English

aslant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिरछे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منحرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наискось
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aslant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তির্যগ্ভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en biais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aslant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schräg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

斜めに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비스듬히
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aslant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एएसएलंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meyilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbieco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skośnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

навскіс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aslant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

aslant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aslant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aslant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aslant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aslant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASLANT»

The term «aslant» is regularly used and occupies the 62.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of aslant
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASLANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aslant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aslant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aslant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASLANT»

Discover the use of aslant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aslant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ground Aslant: An Anthology of Radical Landscape Poetry
The Ground Aslant is the first volume to engage with this new wave of writing, and presents the work of Tony Baker, Elisabeth Bletsoe, Thomas A. Clark, Ian Davidson, Mark Dickinson, Mark Goodwin, Nicholas Johnson, Peter Larkin, Helen ...
Harriet Tarlo, 2011
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... and brushes extending longitudinally side by side in parallel lines from one end of the machine toward one side thereof above the conveying means and forming a passage therebetween for the fruit, said last named brushes being set aslant ...
3
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
... and brushes extending longitudinally side by side In parallel lines from one end of the machine toward one side thereof above the conveying means and forming a passage therebetween for the fruit, said last named brushes being set aslant ...
United States. Patent Office, 1919
4
English-Cheyenne Dictionary
[From -taze disdainfully + — (e)ne =countenance ,f ace] . aslant, eamstota,it sits aslant; zeamsetto, that which is aslant, athwart; enovoxeo, he writes aslant (see tilted , "bevel ) ; eamsenovoxeo , it is written aslant across; enovohenevatova, ...
Rodolphe Charles Petter, 1915
5
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Hamlet. 15th ed. 1918
There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; 162. stuck] tuck Q';6, Rowe+, Jen. 166. So... follow] Separate line, Cap. White. they] they1 1 F.F.. they'll FjF,, 163. But. .. noise f} Om. Ff, Rowe+, Rowe.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Samuel Burdett Hemingway, 1918
6
Hamlet
Oh, where ? Queen. There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; There with fantastic garlands did she come 170 Of crow-flowers,. 162. stuck] tuck Q'76, Rowe + , Jen. 166. So. ..follow] Separate line.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1905
7
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Hamlet. 1877
There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; 162. stuct] tuch Q'76, Rowe + , Jen. 166. So...follmu] Separate line. Cap. White. they] they'l F.F.,. they'll F3F4, 163. £ut...noiss ?] Om. Ff, Rowe+, Rowe.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1877
8
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Hamlet, pt.1
There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; 162. stuch] tuch Q'76, Rowe + , Jen. White. 163. But... noise?] Om. Ff, Rowe+, Knt, Dyce, Sta. White, Huds. Glo. Enter Queen.] After queen ! Ff, Rowe ...
William Shakespeare, 1877
9
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Hamlet. 5th ed. 1877
There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; 162. stuch] tuch Q'76, Rowe + , Jen. 166. So. ..follow] Separate line. Cap. White. %] they' ! F,Fa. they'll F•F4, 163. But... noise ?] Om. Ff, Rowe+, Rowe.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1877
10
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Inquire, question, make inquiry. Ask, n. Water-newt, asker. Askance, I ad. Obliquely, sideways, sidewise, Askant, J askew, awry, aslant, asquint, on one side, out of the corner of one's eye. Asker, ». I. Inquirer, petitioner, solicitor, solicitant, suitor.
Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison, 1891

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASLANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aslant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Travel: Paddlewheeling up the Fraser River
... several bridges that span the river — Surrey's Skybridge which, from this angle, looks like a giant harp with its strings aslant against the sky. «Kamloops This Week, Jul 15»
2
The Walk-Through, Part 2: Magic City Through the Looking Glass
Once again, I felt I had climbed through the looking glass and was now looking at the town aslant, from a different view, as if the town and its ... «Freepress Online, Jul 15»
3
The Craft Sequence: Please Do Judge These Books By Their Covers
These are books I long to talk about with people, so faceted and fierce are they, so dangerously aslant our own day-to-day grinds and so full of ... «NPR, Jun 15»
4
War Stories: Crown Surplus celebrates 60 years of military gear and …
Behind him, on a shelf hanging aslant under their weight, is a pile of armoured telephone cords, a bugle, a jumble of propaganda posters and ... «Calgary Herald, Jun 15»
5
The Household Spirit by Tod Wodicka
A similarly whimsical air envelops the author's second novel, which peers aslant into two side-by-side houses on a bleak stretch of tarmac in ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
6
Their Library: Grasscut
I read a collection of contemporary landscape poetry called 'The Ground Aslant' while writing and recording 'Everyone Was A Bird', which definitely influenced ... «Clash Magazine, Jun 15»
7
Caution: World-Changing Poetry at Work
... and flaky paint and cropped grass and enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each. «Daily Beast, May 15»
8
The notional vacation
Trees stand curiously aslant, like drunk sentinels, but with new green shoots emerging tentatively. In the town, many structures are getting a ... «The Hindu, May 15»
9
Life Lines: Portrait Drawings from Dürer to Picasso at the Morgan
More stylized than the earlier version, it shows Endres clad in a fur-trimmed coat and wearing his beret boldly aslant. III. Formal Portraits. «Fine Books & Collections Magazine, May 15»
10
Jacob Lawrence teems with social vision
The black pool players seen through the open door, a view whose space aslant almost makes it read as part of the signage, look paradoxically ... «SFGate, Apr 15»

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