Tilt

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  • intransitive verb. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: synonym: slant.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
  • intransitive verb. To charge (an opponent); attack.
  • intransitive verb. To forge with a tilt hammer.
  • intransitive verb. To slope; incline.
  • intransitive verb. To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something.
  • intransitive verb. To be advantageous to one side over another, as in a dispute.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fight with lances; joust.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a combat or struggle; fight.
  • noun. The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant.
  • noun. A sloping surface, as of the ground.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute.
  • noun. A preference, inclination, or bias.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
  • noun. A thrust or blow with a lance.
  • noun. A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
  • noun. A tilt hammer.
  • noun. undefined
  • idiom. (at full tilt) At full speed.
  • idiom. (on tilt) In a reckless manner, especially playing poker recklessly after experiencing bad or good luck.
  • noun. A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
  • transitive verb. To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In seismology, to tip; incline from the vertical as the result of a movement of the earth's crust.
  • noun. One of the small log-huts of the Labrador hunters.
  • noun. A sloping position; inclination forward, backward, or to one side: as, the tilt of a cask; to give a thing a tilt.
  • noun. A thrust.
  • noun. An exercise consisting in charging with the spear, sharp or blunted, whether against an antagonist or against a mark, such as the quintain.
  • noun. plural The dregs of beer or ale; washings of beer-barrels.
  • noun. A tilt-hammer.
  • noun. A mechanical device for fishing through an opening in the ice.
  • noun. A pier, built of brush and stone, on which fishermen unload and dress their fish.
  • To furnish with an awning or tilt, as a wagon or a boat.
  • noun. In seismology, that component of an earth-tremor which throws upright objects out of the vertical plane.
  • noun. A see-saw; a plank tilting on a narrow support in the middle.
  • To totter; tumble; fall; be overthrown.
  • To move unsteadily; toss.
  • To heel over; lean forward, back, or to one side; assume a sloping position or direction.
  • To charge with the lance; join in a tilting contest, or tilt; make rushing thrusts in or as in combat or the tourney; rush with poised weapon; fight; contend; rush.
  • To rush; charge; burst into a place.
  • To incline; cause to heel over; give a slope to; raise one end of: as, to tilt a barrel or cask in order to facilitate the emptying of it; to tilt a table.
  • To raise or hold poised in preparation for attack.
  • To attack with a lance or spear in the exercise called the tilt.
  • To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt: as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile.
  • Word Usage
    "Before the title tilt, Summit plays at St. Mary's Academy today at 4: 15 p.m. in a nonconference match."
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