Oblique vs. Slash
Obliqueadjective
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Obliqueadjective
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
Obliqueadjective
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Obliqueadjective
(botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
Obliqueadjective
(botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
Obliqueadjective
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
Obliqueadjective
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Obliquenoun
(geometry) An oblique line.
Obliquenoun
synonym of slash⟨/⟩.
Obliquenoun
(grammar) The oblique case.
Obliqueverb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Obliqueverb
(military) To 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.
Obliqueverb
To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
Obliqueadjective
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Obliqueadjective
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure;
Obliqueadjective
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Obliquenoun
An oblique line.
Obliqueverb
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Obliqueverb
To 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.
Obliquenoun
any grammatical case other than the nominative
Obliquenoun
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
Obliqueadjective
slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular;
Obliqueadjective
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading;
Slashnoun
A slashing action or motion, particularly:
Slashnoun
A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
Slashnoun
(cricket) A wild swinging strike of the bat.
Slashnoun
A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
Slashnoun
Any similar wide striking motion.
Slashnoun
(figuratively) A sharp reduction.
Slashnoun
A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
Slashnoun
A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
Slashnoun
(botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
Slashnoun
Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
Slashnoun
(fashion) A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment. Clearing
Slashnoun
A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
Slashnoun
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
Slashnoun
Female genitalia.
Slashnoun
The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
Slashnoun
clipping of slash fiction: fan fiction focused upon "shipping", or pairing, characters.
Slashnoun
A drink of something; a draft.
Slashnoun
A piss: an act of urination.
Slashnoun
(US) A swampy area; a swamp.
Slashnoun
(UK) nodot=1: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
Slashverb
To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
Slashverb
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
Slashverb
To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
Slashverb
(ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
Slashverb
(figuratively) To reduce sharply.
Slashverb
(fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
Slashverb
(figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
Slashverb
To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
Slashverb
(cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
Slashverb
To move quickly and violently.
Slashverb
To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
Slashverb
To clear land, with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing.
Slashverb
To write slash fiction.
Slashverb
To piss, to urinate.
Slashadverb
Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
Slashconjunction
Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
Slashconjunction
Used to list alternatives.
Slashverb
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
Slashverb
To lash; to ply the whip to.
Slashverb
To crack or snap, as a whip.
Slashverb
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
Slashnoun
A long cut; a cut made at random.
Slashnoun
A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
Slashnoun
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
Slashnoun
A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.
Slashnoun
a wound made by cutting;
Slashnoun
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
Slashnoun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Slashnoun
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
Slashverb
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
Slashverb
beat severely with a whip or rod;
Slashverb
cut open;
Slashverb
cut drastically;
Slashverb
move or stir about violently;
