Word Meaning

Meaning of bias

- 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.
- A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
- A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
- A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
- Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
- Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
- In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
- To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Crossword clue for bias

- diagonal line
- Favouritism
- Inclination or prejudice
- Irrational preference
- Mental tendency or inclination
- Narrow-mindedness
- One-sidedness
- Partiality
- Particular tendency
- Prejudice
- Prejudice; predispose
- Pronounced leaning
- Type of binding could prejudice
- unfair inclination