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Detailed Synonyms for canting in English

canting:


Related Words for "canting":


cant:

to cant verb (cants, canted, canting)

  1. to cant
    to cant; to talk cant
    • cant verb (cants, canted, canting)
    • talk cant verb (talks cant, talked cant, talking cant)
  2. to cant
    to lace; to string; to tack up; to tie; to cant
    • lace verb (laces, laced, lacing)
    • string verb (strings, stringed, stringing)
    • tack up verb (tacks up, tacked up, tacking up)
    • tie verb (ties, tied, tying)
    • cant verb (cants, canted, canting)
  3. to cant
    – heel over 1
    to pitch; to slant; to cant; to tilt; cant over
    – heel over 1
    • pitch verb (pitches, pitched, pitching)
    • slant verb (slants, slanted, slanting)
      • The ceiling is slanting1
    • cant verb (cants, canted, canting)
    • tilt verb (tilts, tilted, tilting)
      • The tower is tilting1
    • cant over verb

Conjugations for cant:

present
  1. cant
  2. cant
  3. cants
  4. cant
  5. cant
  6. cant
simple past
  1. canted
  2. canted
  3. canted
  4. canted
  5. canted
  6. canted
present perfect
  1. have canted
  2. have canted
  3. has canted
  4. have canted
  5. have canted
  6. have canted
past continuous
  1. was canting
  2. were canting
  3. was canting
  4. were canting
  5. were canting
  6. were canting
future
  1. shall cant
  2. will cant
  3. will cant
  4. shall cant
  5. will cant
  6. will cant
continuous present
  1. am canting
  2. are canting
  3. is canting
  4. are canting
  5. are canting
  6. are canting
subjunctive
  1. be canted
  2. be canted
  3. be canted
  4. be canted
  5. be canted
  6. be canted
diverse
  1. cant!
  2. let's cant!
  3. canted
  4. canting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

cant [the ~] noun

  1. the cant
    – two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees 1
    the cant; the bevel; the chamfer
    – two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees 1
  2. the cant
    – stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition 1
    the cant; the buzzword
    – stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition 1
  3. the cant
    – insincere talk about religion or morals 1
    the cant; the pious platitude
    – insincere talk about religion or morals 1
  4. the cant
    – a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) 1
    the slang; the vernacular; the cant; the jargon; the lingo; the argot; the patois
    – a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) 1
  5. the cant
    – a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force 1
    the bank; the cant; the camber
    – a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force 1

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Related Definitions for "cant":

  1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees1
  2. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition1
  3. insincere talk about religion or morals1
  4. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)1
  5. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force1
  6. heel over1