noun

• (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
• (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
  "Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique."
• (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
• (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.

verb

• (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
  "If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster."
• (transitive) To bias or skew.
  "The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves."
• (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.