Definition of tilt

noun (n)

• a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances (noun.event)

  Synonym: joust
  

  source: wordnet30
• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement (noun.communication)

  Synonym: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a slight but noticeable partiality (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  The court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: inclination, lean, leaning, list
  

  Example:
  The tower had a pronounced tilt.
  

  source: wordnet30
• pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act)

  Synonym: careen, rock, sway
  

  source: wordnet30
• A covering overhead; especially, a tent. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A thrust, as with a lance. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• to incline or bend from a vertical position (verb.motion)

  Synonym: angle, lean, slant, tip
  

  source: wordnet30
• heel over (verb.motion)

  Synonym: cant, cant over, pitch, slant
  

  Example:
  The tower is tilting.
  

  source: wordnet30
• move sideways or in an unsteady way (verb.motion)

  Synonym: careen, shift, wobble
  

  source: wordnet30
• charge with a tilt (verb.competition)

  source: wordnet30
• To cover with a tilt, or awning. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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