tilt
noun
1. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Similar word(s): joust
Definition categories: event, battle, struggle
2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Similar word(s): arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation
Definition categories: communication, conflict, difference, dispute
3. a slight but noticeable partiality
- the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Definition categories: thought, partiality, partisanship
4. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- the tower had a pronounced tilt
Similar word(s): inclination, lean, leaning, list
Definition categories: attribute, position
5. pitching dangerously to one side
verb
1. to incline or bend from a vertical position
Similar word(s): angle, lean, slant, tip
Definition categories: motion, bend, flex
2. heel over
- The tower is tilting
Similar word(s): cant, pitch, slant
Definition categories: motion, move
3. move sideways or in an unsteady way
Similar word(s): careen, shift, wobble
Definition categories: motion, move
4. charge with a tilt
Definition categories: competition, joust
Sentences with tilt as a verb:
- Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
- to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile