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▸ noun: A sloped surface or line.
▸ noun: (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
▸ noun: (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
▸ noun: An oblique movement or course.
▸ noun: (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
▸ noun: A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
▸ noun: A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
▸ noun: A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
▸ noun: (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
▸ noun: (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
▸ noun: (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
▸ noun: (originally US) A point of view, an angle.
▸ noun: (US) A look, a glance.
▸ noun: (US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bias or skew.
▸ verb: (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.
▸ adjective: Sloping; oblique; slanted.
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