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2slant verb 1 : to turn or incline from a right line or a level : SLOPE

2 : to interpret or present in accordance with a special viewpoint or bias

— slant·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, lean, list, slope, tilt, tip—more at LEAN

slant·wise adjective : being at a slant : moving or directed in a slanting position or direction

— slant·wise adverb

Synonyms

askew, awry, cockeyed, crooked, listing, lopsided, oblique, uneven—more at AWRY

canted, diagonal, inclined, leaning—more at DIAGONAL

1slap verb slapped; slap·ping 1 : to strike sharply with the open hand

2 : REBUFF, INSULT

2slap noun : a quick sharp blow; also : a blow with the open hand

slap·stick noun : comedy stressing horseplay

Synonyms

comedy, farce, humor—more at COMEDY

1slash verb 1 : to cut with sweeping strokes

2 : to cut slits in (a garment)

3 : to reduce sharply

4 : to hit with a stroke like that used in slashing

— slash·er noun

Synonyms

cut, gash, rip, slice, slit—more at CUT

2slash noun 1 : a long cut or stroke made by or as if by slashing : GASH

2 : an ornamental slit in a garment

3 : a mark / used to denote “or” (as in and/or), “and/or” (as in straggler/deserter), or “per” (as in feet/second)

Synonyms

gash, laceration, rent, rip, slit, tear—more at GASH

slat noun : a thin narrow flat strip

1slate noun 1 : a dense fine-grained rock that splits into thin layers

2 : a roofing tile or a writing tablet made from this rock

3 : a written or unwritten record

4 : a list of candidates for election

2slate verb slat·ed; slat·ing 1 : to cover with slate

2 : to designate for action or appointment

Synonyms

catalog, enroll, enter, index, inscribe, list, put down, record, register, schedule—more at LIST

slath·er verb : to spread with or on thickly or lavishly

slat·tern noun : a slovenly woman

— slat·tern·ly adjective

1slaughter noun 1 : the butchering of livestock for market

2 : great destruction of lives esp. in battle

Synonyms

butchery, carnage, massacre—more at MASSACRE

2slaughter verb 1 : to kill (animals) for food : BUTCHER

2 : to kill in large numbers or in a bloody way : MASSACRE

slaugh·ter·house noun : an establishment where animals are butchered

Slav noun : a person speaking a Slavic language

1slave noun [ORIGIN: ME sclave, fr. AF or ML; AF esclave, fr. ML sclavus, fr. Sclavus Slav; fr. the enslavement of Slavs in central Europe in the Middle Ages]

1 : a person held in servitude as property

2 : a device (as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another

3 : a toiler at hard monotonous work

— slave adjective

Synonyms

[1] bondman, chattel, thrall; also helot, serf; attendant, domestic, drudge, lackey, menial, servant

Antonyms

freeman

[3] drudge, fag, peon, toiler, worker; also workhorse; coolie, serf

2slave verb slaved; slav·ing : to work like a slave : DRUDGE

Synonyms

drudge, labor, plod, plug, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work—more at LABOR

1slaver noun : to secrete saliva in anticipation of food : SLOBBER

— slaver verb

Synonyms

dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slobber—more at DROOL

2slaver noun : a ship or a person engaged in transporting slaves

slav·ery noun 1 : wearisome drudgery

2 : the condition of being a slave

3 : the practice of owning slaves

Synonyms

[1] drudgery, grind, labor, sweat, toil, travail—more at TOIL

[2] bondage, enslavement, servitude, thrall, yoke; also peonage, serfdom; dependence, subjection, subjugation; captivity, imprisonment, incarceration

Antonyms

freedom, liberty

1Slavic noun : a branch of the Indo-European language family including various languages (as Russian or Polish) of eastern Europe

2Slavic adjective : of or relating to the Slavs or their languages

slav·ish adjective 1 : SERVILE

2 : obeying or imitating with no freedom of judgment or choice

Synonyms

imitative, mimic,