Bias

1. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
3. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
4. To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
5. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
6. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
7. 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.
8. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.