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Meaning of 'tilt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tilt [ n.]
- A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
- The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
- A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
- A thrust, as with a lance.
- A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
- See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
- Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
2 . Tilt [ v. i.]
- To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
- To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
3 . Tilt [ v. t.]
- To cover with a tilt, or awning.
- To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
- To point or thrust, as a lance.
- To point or thrust a weapon at.
- To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

Meaning of 'tilt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tilt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Example in sentence:
  • he walked with a heavy inclination to the right;
  • the ship developed a list to starboard;
  • the tower had a pronounced tilt
Meaning (2):
- a slight but noticeable partiality
Example in sentence:
  • the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Meaning (3):
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Example in sentence:
  • they were involved in a violent argument
4 . tilt [ v]
Meaning (4):
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
Example in sentence:
  • She leaned over the banister
Meaning (5):
- heel over
Example in sentence:
  • The ceiling is slanting;
  • The tower is tilting
Meaning (6):
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
Example in sentence:
  • The ship careened out of control

Nearby Words:

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