Aslant

Definition: Aslant

Aslant

Adjective

1. Having an oblique or slanted direction.

Adverb

1. Over or across in a slanting direction.

2. At an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aslant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Aslant

Crosswords: Aslant

Albanian

tërthoras, tërthor (abeam, athwart, criss cross, cross, sidelong, sideways, transversal, transverse, traverse), pjerrtas (aslope, slantwise). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منحرف (askew, awry, bent, deflector, depraved, devious, errant, inclined, oblique, perverse, skew, slant, slanted, slanting, tilted), ‏عبر شئ بانحراف, ‏بإنحراف (sideways, with digression). (various references)

Bulgarian 

криво (awry, ill), накриво (acock, askew, asquint, athwart, awry, criss cross, haywire), напреко на (across), полегато (aslope, slantingly, slopingly). (various references)

Czech

nakřivo (askew, awry). (various references)

Farsi 

حرکت مایل , اریبی (Skew, Virgule), بسوی سراشیب , بطورمایل (Awry). (various references)

French

en travers de, en biais, de travers (askew). (various references)

German

schräg (askew, at an angle, bevel, beveled, diagonal, diagonally, fishy, inclinated, inclined, leaning, oblique, obliquely, off the straight, on the bias, on the cross, on the slant, skew, slanted, slanting, slantwise, slantwisely, sloped, sloping, sloppily, squint eyed, suspicious, transversal, weird), schief (askance, awry, cockeyed, crooked, distorted, inappropriate, inclinated, leaning, lopsided, not straight, oblique, scalene, skew, slanting, sloping, sloppily, squint eyed, tilted, worn-down, wry), quer (across, askance, athwart, beyond, cross, crossways, crosswise, diagonally, on the other side of). (various references)

Greek 

πλάγια (athwart, deviously, edgeways), πλάγιοσ (bevel, circuitous, devious, indirect, lateral, oblique, side, sidelong, slanting). (various references)

Hebrew 

באלכסון (diagonally, obliquely, slantwise). (various references)

Hungarian

keresztbe (across, aslope, criss cross, criss-cross, traverse), ferdén (askance, askew, aslope, athwart, awry, crookedly, diagonally, on the bias, on the skew, on the slant, slantwise, thwart). (various references)

Indonesian

serong, miring (askew, awry, bias, cant, careen, crazy, oblique, slanting, sloping, wry), mencong, memintas. (various references)

Italian

sbieco (oblique). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

斜交い (diagonal, oblique), 斜交 (diagonal, oblique). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はすかい (diagonal, oblique). (various references)

Manx

lieh-scaa (askance, slantwise). (various references)

Pig Latin

aslantay.(various references)

Portuguese

obliquamente (across, awry, sideward, sidewards), oblíquo (aslope, asquint, awry, canted, oblique, sideling, sidelong, skew, slanting, sloping, wry), de través (abreast, amidships, bias, criss-cross, crosswise, slantwise). (various references)

Romanian

strâmb (askew, awry, cock eyed, crooked, crookedly, curved, lop-sided, slanting, slantwise, wrong, wry), pieziş (askew, asquint, awry, hostile, oblique, obliquely, scowling, slanting, splay, wry), oblic (asquint, athwart, bias, diagonal, inclined, oblique, obliquely, sidelong, skew, slanting, sloping, splay, squint, transverse), de-a curmezişul (across, athwart, crossways, transversally, traversely), curmeziş (across, crosswise, traversely), cruciş (across, crossing, crosswise, hostile, slantwise, squint, squinting). (various references)

Russian 

наискось (catty-corner, slantwise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

krivo (awry, wrongfully). (various references)

Spanish

a través de (across, athwart, beyond, on the other side of, over, through), sesgado (slanted, slanting), oblicuo (eluding, evasive, oblique, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skew), oblicuamente (askance, athwart, obliquely, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, slantwise). (various references)

Swedish

tvärs över (across, athwart, over, straight across), på snedden (on the skew, sideways), på sned (askew, awry, on a slant, on one side, sideways, slantways, slantwise). (various references)

Thai

เฉียง (oblique). (various references)

Turkish

yanlamasına (askew, edgeways, edgewise, laterally, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideways, sidewise), yan (ancillary, asquint, awry, by-, bye-, collateral, flank, flanking, lateral, parietal, side, sidelong, sideward, subordinate), meyilli olarak (aslope, bias, slantways, slantwise), meyilli biçimde, meyilli (aslope, bias, declivitous, downhill, inclinable, inclined, leaning, oblique, on the slope, prone, skew, slant, slanting, slantwise, sloping, subject to, tilting), eğri olarak (askew, aslope), eğri (aslope, awry, bent, cambered, cockeyed, crooked, curve, graph, oblique, out of the straight, sinuous, skew, skewed, slanting, sloping, slouching, slouchy, tortuous, trajectory, untrue, warped, wry). (various references)

Ukrainian

упоперек (across, athwart, broadwise, crosswise, transversely), через (about, across, among, amongst, because of, by, by way of, down, for, from, in, o'er, over, owing to, per, seeing, thanks to, through, throughout, via), косо (askance, askew, aslope, athwart, awry, obliquely, sidelong, sideway, sideways, sidewise, slant, slantwise, splay), навскіс (athwart), похило (aslope, obliquely, slantwise). (various references)

Welsh

ar ei ogwydd. (various references)

lima, limo, limum. (various references)

Misspellings

"Aslant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aaland, ablent, Adland, ahlan, alant, Aldanti, alent, allante, Allnat, Alsabti, aplan, asalt, asant, Asklund, asla, aslan, Aslet, Aslin, Asmat, Asplan, Aspland, Asplund, assan, assant, Assante, assiatnt, athlan, Athlant, Atlan, Atland, atlant, axlan, Dalsland, Elsanta, faisant, islant, Jaswant, Maeslaan, Saclant, salan, salant, salat, Salaut, salent, salint, sallent, Sawant, taslan. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alants.

-1 letter: alans, alant, anlas, antas, atlas, nasal, natal, slant, talas.

-2 letters: aals, alan, alas, alts, anal, anas, ansa, anta, ants, last, lats, salt, slat, tala, tans.

-3 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, alt, ana, ant, las, lat, sal, sat, tan, tas.

-4 letters: aa, al, an, as, at, la, na, ta.

+1 letter: analyst, platans, saltant, saltpan, sealant, sultana.

+2 letters: alations, alkanets, analects, analysts, annalist, ashplant, asternal, atlantes, callants, cantalas, fantails, gallants, lanitals, lantanas, nasality, naturals, platanes, platinas, pleasant, postanal, saltpans, santalic, santalol, sealants, sonantal, staminal, sultanas, tailfans, talesman, talisman, tantalus, valiants.

+3 letters: ablations, ailanthus, alginates, alienates, allanites, allantois, alterants, analcites, analities, analogist, analytics, ancestral, anelastic, angulates, annalists, antalgics, antisolar, artisanal, ashplants, assailant, atonalism, atonalist, aventails, bangtails, beanstalk, brantails, calamints, canulates, castellan, claimants, coastland, dilatants, exhalants, flatlands, galavants, galivants, halations, inhalants, laitances, laminates, lavations, laxations, mantillas, nanotesla, nationals, nostalgia, palatines, panatelas, panetelas, pantalets, placentas, plantains, plantsman, postnatal, rataplans, rationals, relaxants, saltation, salvation, sandblast, santalols, santolina, slantways, stableman, stainable, stational, sultanate, tagalongs, talapoins, talismans, tantalise, tantalums, tarlatans, tarletans, transaxle, translate, wasteland, waxplants.