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ALL meanings of tilt

tilt
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  • verb with object tilt to furnish with a tilt. 1
  • verb without object tilt to move into or assume a sloping position or direction. 1
  • verb without object tilt to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually followed by at). 1
  • verb without object tilt to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest. 1
  • verb without object tilt (of a camera) to move on its vertical axis: The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot. 1
  • verb without object tilt to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean: She's tilting toward the other candidate this year. 1
  • noun tilt a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon. 1
  • noun tilt an awning. 1
  • idioms tilt (at) full tilt. full tilt. 1
  • idioms tilt tilt at windmills, to contend against imaginary opponents or injustices. Also, fight with windmills. 1
  • intransitive verb tilt lean 1
  • transitive verb tilt cause to lean 1
  • noun tilt leaning 1
  • noun tilt opinion: bias 1
  • verb tilt If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. 0
  • verb tilt If you tilt part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upwards or to one side. 0
  • verb tilt Tilt is also a noun. 0
  • countable noun tilt The tilt of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes. 0
  • verb tilt If a person or thing tilts towards a particular opinion or if something tilts them towards it, they change slightly so that they become more in agreement with that opinion or position. 0
  • singular noun tilt If there is a tilt towards a particular opinion or position, that opinion or position is favoured or begins to be favoured. 0
  • countable noun tilt A tilt at something is an attempt to win or obtain it. 0
  • verb tilt to incline or cause to incline at an angle 0
  • verb tilt to attack or overthrow (a person or people) in a tilt or joust 0
  • verb tilt to aim or thrust 0
  • verb tilt to work or forge with a tilt hammer 0
  • noun tilt a slope or angle 0
  • noun tilt the act of tilting 0
  • noun tilt a jousting contest 0
  • noun tilt a thrust with a lance or pole delivered during a tournament 0
  • noun tilt an attempt to win a contest 0
  • noun tilt an awning or canopy, usually of canvas, for a boat, booth, etc 0
  • verb tilt to cover or provide with a tilt 0
  • verb transitive tilt to cause to slope or slant; tip 0
  • verb transitive tilt to poise or thrust (a lance) in or as in a tilt 0
  • verb transitive tilt to charge at (one's opponent) in a tilt 0
  • verb transitive tilt to forge or hammer with a tilt hammer 0
  • verb transitive tilt to direct (a discussion, policy, etc.) so as to favor a particular opinion or side 0
  • intransitive verb tilt to slope; incline; slant; tip 0
  • intransitive verb tilt to poise or thrust one's lance, or to charge (at one's opponent) in a tilt 0
  • intransitive verb tilt to take part in a tilt or joust 0
  • intransitive verb tilt to dispute, argue, contend, attack, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb tilt to have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute 0
  • noun tilt a medieval contest in which two armed horsemen thrust with lances in an attempt to unseat each other; joust 0
  • noun tilt any spirited contest, contention, dispute, etc. between persons 0
  • noun tilt a thrust or parry, as with a lance 0
  • noun tilt the act of tilting, or sloping 0
  • noun tilt the condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant 0
  • noun tilt a leaning, bias, etc. 0
  • noun tilt a cloth covering or canopy of a boat, stall, cart, etc. 0
  • verb transitive tilt to furnish or cover with a tilt 0
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