Meaning Of Bias

n.

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

n.

A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

n.

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

n.

A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

a.

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

a.

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

adv.

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

v. t.

To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.