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Adjective bias has 1 sense
  1. bias - slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"
    Antonym:     parallel (indirect, via perpendicular, oblique)
    Antonym: perpendicular (indirect, via oblique, parallel)
,Noun bias has 2 senses
  1. bias, prejudice, preconception - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
    --1 is a kind of partiality, partisanship
    --1 has particulars:
     taboo, tabu; irrational hostility; experimenter bias; homophobia; Islamophobia; racism; tendentiousness
    Derived forms: verb bias1, verb bias2
  2. diagonal, bias - a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
    --2 is a kind of straight line
,Verb bias has 2 senses
  1. bias - influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
    --1 is one way to     prejudice, prepossess
    Derived form: noun bias1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. bias, predetermine - cause to be biased
    --2 is one way to prejudice, prepossess
    Derived form: noun bias1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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