Definition 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.
• 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.