Noun

• S: (n) bias, prejudice, preconception (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)
• S: (n) diagonal, bias (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) bias (influence in an unfair way) "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) handicap (attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) prejudice, prepossess (influence (somebody's) opinion in advance)
• S: (v) influence, act upon, work (have and exert influence or effect) "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
• S: (v) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• Somebody ----s somebody
• Something ----s somebody
• Something ----s something
• S: (v) bias, predetermine (cause to be biased)

Adjective

• S: (adj) bias (slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric) "a bias fold"