English to English
tilt
(t/I/lt
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noun (n)
- a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances(noun.event)source: wordnet30
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement(noun.communication)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)Example:
The tower had a pronounced tilt.
source: wordnet30 - A covering overhead; especially, a tent.(noun)source: webster1913
- A thrust, as with a lance.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- 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