Word: cants

Category: cants

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Synonyms: cants

hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism, slang, jargon, idiom, argot, patois, speech, terminology, language, lingo, -speak, -ese, slope, slant, tilt, angle, inclination, buzzword, vernacular, bevel, chamfer, camber, bank

Translations: cants

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spanish
Translations:
trozas, CANTS, de CANTS, CABAÑA, solici-
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german
Translations:
heuchelt, kippt, stoffe, verkantet, werber, rinnen
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french
Translations:
équarris, requé-, deman-, des équarris
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italian
Translations:
richiedenti, ricor-, prismi, smussa
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portuguese
Translations:
recor-, querentes, lubrifi-, candi-
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dutch
Translations:
sters, zoekers, zoeksters
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russian
Translations:
брус, канты, брусья
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swedish
Translations:
block
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finnish
Translations:
lauta-aihioiden, esittäjät, musten määräpäivä
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danish
Translations:
gere, søgere
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czech
Translations:
hranolů, hranoly, lům, přihlašovatelů
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polish
Translations:
dawców, skodawcy
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hungarian
Translations:
resek, ajánlatokban, vette fel, sZElEKció A tAnáRKépZésBEn
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turkish
Translations:
evlerinden atılmış, vurucunun, evlerinden atılmış ve
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greek
Translations:
αιτούντες, γουσες, σφεύγοντες
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ukrainian
Translations:
брус
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albanian
Translations:
kërkuesët
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belarusian
Translations:
брус
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estonian
Translations:
prussideks, taotlejatele, Prussid
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icelandic
Translations:
umsækjendur, fyrir umsækjendur
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lithuanian
Translations:
tendentus
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latvian
Translations:
iesniedzējiem, iesniedzēji
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romanian
Translations:
solicitanții cu, solicitan- ilor
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slovenian
Translations:
prosilci
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slovak
Translations:
hranolov, hranoly, hranolmi, hranolu

The meaning and "use of": cants

noun
  • hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature. - the liberal case against all censorship is often cant
  • denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion. - they are misrepresented as, in the cant word of our day, uncaring
  • a slope or tilt. - the outward cant of the curving walls
  • a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off. - Yet, MB did not know even the basic dimensions of wood used in Japanese house construction and was opposed by the sogo shosha it had relied on to export its cants .
verb
  • talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something. - if they'd stop canting about “honest work,” they might get somewhere
  • cause (something) to be in a slanting or oblique position; tilt. - he canted his head to look at the screen

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