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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /kænt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kănt

Definition 1:
• Lively, lusty.
Labels: UK, dialectal, not-comparable
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /kænt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kănt

Definition 1:
• An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
Example: He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: argot, jargon, slang
Labels: countable, usually

Definition 2:
• Side, edge, corner, niche.
Example: under the cant of a hill
Labels: obsolete

Definition 3:
• A parcel, a division.
Labels: business, forestry, dialectal

Definition 4:
• A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: argot, jargon, slang
Labels: countable, uncountable, usually

Definition 5:
• Slope, the angle at which something is set.

Definition 6:
• A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 7:
• A corner (of a building).
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: corner

Definition 8:
• Empty, hypocritical talk.
Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually

Definition 9:
• An outer or external angle.

Definition 10:
• Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
Labels: uncountable, usually

Definition 11:
• An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bevel, slope, tilt

Definition 12:
• A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
Labels: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics, countable, usually

Definition 13:
• A movement or throw that overturns something.

Definition 14:
• A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually

Definition 15:
• A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
Example: to give a ball a cant

Definition 16:
• A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Definition 17:
• A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.

Definition 18:
• A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
Labels: nautical, transport

Definition 19:
• An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
Verb
Pronunciation: /kænt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kănt

Definition 1:
• To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 2:
• To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
Example: to cant a cask
Example: to cant a ship
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To divide or parcel out.
Labels: obsolete, transitive

Definition 4:
• To speak in set phrases.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 5:
• To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
Example: to cant round a stick of timber
Example: to cant a football
Labels: transitive

Definition 6:
• To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 7:
• To bevel an edge or corner.
Labels: transitive

Definition 8:
• Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
Labels: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics, intransitive

Definition 9:
• To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
Labels: transitive

Definition 10:
• To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
Labels: obsolete

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