SLANT

[verb] - to (cause to) lean in a diagonal position; to (cause to) slopeItalic writing slants to the right. [I]That picture needs to be slanted slightly to the left. [T]The evening sun slanted (= shone diagonally) through the narrow window. [I](figurative disapproving) The report on the accident at the power station was slanted (= expressed in a way that is advantageous to a particular person, group or situation) to conceal who was responsible. [T]