turn+from+a+direct+line

  • 61New Line Television — was the television arm of the company of the same name, in turn a subsidiary of Time Warner. The company was founded in 1988 in order to produce Freddy s Nightmares, a television series based on the studio s popular Nightmare on Elm Street film… …

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  • 62Slant — Slant, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 63inflect — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inflectere, from in + flectere to bend Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to turn from a direct line or course ; curve 2. to vary (a word) by inflection ; decline, conjugate 3. to change or …

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  • 64slant — [slant] vt., vi. [ME slenten, to glide, slope < Scand, as in ODan slente, to slip < IE * (s)lend(h) < base * (s)leidh , slippery, to glide > SLIDE] 1. to incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or… …

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  • 65inflect — /ɪnˈflɛkt/ (say in flekt) verb (t) 1. to bend; turn from a direct line or course. 2. to modulate (the voice). 3. Grammar a. to apply inflection to (a word). b. to recite or display all, or a distinct set of, the inflections of (a word), in a… …

  • 66Inflect — In*flect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in in + flectere to bend. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to… …

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  • 67Inflected — Inflect In*flect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in in + flectere to bend. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to… …

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  • 68Inflecting — Inflect In*flect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in in + flectere to bend. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to… …

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  • 69inflect — inflectedness, n. inflective, adj. inflector, n. /in flekt /, v.t. 1. to modulate (the voice). 2. Gram. a. to apply inflection to (a word). b. to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate …

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  • 70inflect — v. a. 1. Bend, bow, curve, turn from a direct line. 2. (Gram.) Decline (a noun or an adjective), conjugate (a verb), vary the terminations of …

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