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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əs/

Definition 1:
• Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: biased

Definition 2:
• Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Definition 3:
• Synonym of biased ("exhibiting bias; prejudiced").
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: biased
Labels: nonstandard
Adv
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əs/

Definition 1:
• In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
Example: to cut cloth bias
Labels: not-comparable
Name

Definition 1:
• One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BCE.
Labels: historical

Definition 2:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əs/

Definition 1:
• Inclination towards something.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection, parti pris
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: balance
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
Labels: business, manufacturing, textiles, countable

Definition 3:
• A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Labels: business, manufacturing, textiles, countable

Definition 4:
• A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
Labels: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, statistics, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
Labels: countable, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əs/

Definition 1:
• To place bias upon; to influence.
Example: Our prejudices bias our views.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To give a bias to.
Labels: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bias