oblique

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Pronunciation
/Ι™Λˆbliːk/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

An oblique line.

2 Definition

(grammar) The oblique case.

3 Definition

A slashing action or motion, particularly:

4 Definition

A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:

5 Definition

Something resembling such a mark, particularly:

6 Definition

The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

Example Sentences
  • Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.
7 Definition

Slash fiction.

8 Definition

A drink of something; a draft.

9 Definition

A piss: an act of urination.

10 Definition

A swampy area; a swamp.

11 Definition

A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

12 Definition

The period of a transitory breeze.

13 Definition

An interval of good weather.

14 Definition

The loose part of a rope; slack.

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

2 Definition

To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; β€” formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.

3 Definition

To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

Adjective
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

2 Definition

Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

3 Definition

Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

4 Definition

Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.

5 Definition

Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.

6 Definition

(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).

7 Definition

(grammar) Of speech or narration, indirect, employing the actual words of the speaker, but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person, adverbs of present time into the past, etc.

8 Definition

Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.