Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slant
Participle: slanted
Gerund: slanting
Indicative
Present
| I | slant |
| you | slant |
| he;she;it | slants |
| we | slant |
| you | slant |
| they | slant |
Perfect
| I | have slanted |
| you | have slanted |
| he;she;it | has slanted |
| we | have slanted |
| you | have slanted |
| they | have slanted |
Past
| I | slanted |
| you | slanted |
| he;she;it | slanted |
| we | slanted |
| you | slanted |
| they | slanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had slanted |
| you | had slanted |
| he;she;it | had slanted |
| we | had slanted |
| you | had slanted |
| they | had slanted |
Future
| I | will slant |
| you | will slant |
| he;she;it | will slant |
| we | will slant |
| you | will slant |
| they | will slant |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slanted |
| you | will have slanted |
| he;she;it | will have slanted |
| we | will have slanted |
| you | will have slanted |
| they | will have slanted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slant |
| you | slant |
| he;she;it | slant |
| we | slant |
| you | slant |
| they | slant |
Perfect
| I | have slanted |
| you | have slanted |
| he;she;it | have slanted |
| we | have slanted |
| you | have slanted |
| they | have slanted |
Imperfect
| I | slanted |
| you | slanted |
| he;she;it | slanted |
| we | slanted |
| you | slanted |
| they | slanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had slanted |
| you | had slanted |
| he;she;it | had slanted |
| we | had slanted |
| you | had slanted |
| they | had slanted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slant |
| you | would slant |
| he;she;it | would slant |
| we | would slant |
| you | would slant |
| they | would slant |
Perfect
| I | would have slanted |
| you | would have slanted |
| he;she;it | would have slanted |
| we | would have slanted |
| you | would have slanted |
| they | would have slanted |
Imperative
| you | slant |
| we | Let's slant |
| you | slant |
Verbs conjugated like 'slant'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slant'
lant,
plant,
scant,
slang,
slat,
slent,
ant,
bland,
blank,
blast,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant. See: Swedish '
slinta', Proto-Germanic '
*slintaną'.
Sample Sentences
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The slanting light of the setting sun quivers on the sea-like expanse of the river; the shivery canes, and the tall, dark cypress, hung with wreaths of dark, funereal moss, glow in the golden ray, as the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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On we go, all night, and by-and-by the day begins to break, and presently the first cheerful rays of the warm sun come slanting on us brightly. It sheds its light upon a miserable waste of sodden grass, and dull trees, and squalid huts, whose aspect is forlorn and grievous in the last degree. A very desert in the wood, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)