Translations for „cant“ in the English » German Dictionary

cant¹ [kænt] N no pl

1. cant:

cant (hypocrisy)

Heuchelei f

cant (hypocrisy)

Scheinheiligkeit f

cant (pious talk)

frömmlerisches [o. scheinheiliges] Gerede

cant phrases

leere [o. hohle] Phrasen

2. cant LING:

cant

Jargon m

cant

Fachsprache f

cant

Kauderwelsch nt pej

thieves' cant

Gaunersprache f

thieves' cant

Argot nt o m

I . cant² [kænt] N

cant

Schräge f

cant

Abschrägung f

cant

geneigte Fläche

II . cant² [kænt] VB trans

to cant sth

etw kippen [o. schräg stellen]

III . cant² [kænt] VB intr

cant

sich acc neigen [o. auf die Seite legen]

to cant sth over

etw umkippen

cant off VB trans

to cant sth ⇆ off

etw abschrägen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

thieves' cant

Gaunersprache f

cant phrases

leere [o. hohle] Phrasen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The dredge is currently sunk in shallow water, and canted over to one side.

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Patriarchy tells them they are incontinent and therefore cant stop themselves nor respect us.

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The main charge in these arms refers to the municipalitys name, and is thus canting.

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Viewed purely as a means of communication, people revert to lovemaking to express their feelings, to say what words cant say.

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Depending upon binding manufacturer, lift and cant can be applied in three-degree increments, or in infinite increments.

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The cronels are a clever kind of canting.

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The charge below the line of partition is likewise canting.

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But they ignore that, in our daily life there are many spooky things, which can be detected, but cant be explained with common sense.

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The fluids purpose is to drown the organisms because most cant survive in the fluid.

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That is, when an individual cant come up with an external reason as to why they resisted doing something they wanted to, he or she decides to derogate the activity.

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