Associations to the word «Canted»
Noun
Wiktionary
CANTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of cant
CANTED, adjective. Having angles.
CANTED, adjective. Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
CANTED ANGLE, noun. (TV) (cinematography) A camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.
CANTED ANGLES, noun. Plural of canted angle
Dictionary definition
CANTED, adjective. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.