crosscut vs oblique

crosscut

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

oblique

noun
  • An oblique line. 

  • Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. 

  • The oblique case. 

verb
  • To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew; 

  • To slant (text, etc.) at an angle. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other. 

  • Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt. 

  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. 

  • Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative). 

  • Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. 

  • Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal. 

  • Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc. 

  • Not straightforward; obscure or confusing. 

  • Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends. 

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