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1.nounAn oblique line.
2.noun(grammar) The oblique case.
3.verbTo deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
4.verbTo march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
5.verbTo slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
6.adjectiveNot erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
7.adjectiveNot straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
8.adjectiveNot direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
9.adjectiveOf leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
10.adjectiveOf branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
11.adjective(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
12.adjective(grammar) Of speech or narration, indirect, employing the actual words of the speaker, but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person, adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
13.adjectiveEmploying oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
14.nounA slashing action or motion, particularly:
15.nounA mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
16.nounSomething resembling such a mark, particularly:
17.nounThe loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal."Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard."
18.nounSlash fiction.
19.nounA drink of something; a draft.
20.nounA piss: an act of urination.
21.nounA swampy area; a swamp.
22.nounA large quantity of watery food such as broth.
23.nounThe period of a transitory breeze.
24.nounAn interval of good weather.
25.nounThe loose part of a rope; slack.