📖 Definitions of "Canted"
verb
- 1
To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- 2
To speak in set phrases.
- 3
To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- 4
Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
verb
- 1
To set (something) at an angle.
"to cant a cask; to cant a ship"
- 2
To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
"to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"
- 3
To bevel an edge or corner.
- 4
To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
verb
- 1
To divide or parcel out.
adjective
- 1
Having angles.
"a canted window"
- 2
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
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