tilt
tilt (tilt)
transitive verb
- to cause to slope or slant; tip
- to poise or thrust (a lance) in or as in a tilt
- to charge at (one's opponent) in a tilt
- to forge or hammer with a tilt hammer
- to direct (a discussion, policy, etc.) so as to favor a particular opinion or side
Etymology: ME tilten, to be overthrown, totter, prob. < OE *tieltan < tealt, shaky, unstable; akin to Swed tulta, to totter < IE base *del-, to waddle, totter > Sans dulā, she who totters
intransitive verb
- to slope; incline; slant; tip
- to poise or thrust one's lance, or to charge (at one's opponent) in a tilt
- to take part in a tilt or joust
- to dispute, argue, contend, attack, etc.
- to have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute
noun
- a medieval contest in which two armed horsemen thrust with lances in an attempt to unseat each other; joust
- any spirited contest, contention, dispute, etc. between persons
- a thrust or parry, as with a lance
- the act of tilting, or sloping
- the condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
- ☆ Informal a leaning, bias, etc.
(at) full tilt
at full speed; with the greatest force
tilt (tilt)
noun
a cloth covering or canopy of a boat, stall, cart, etc.
Etymology: ME telte < OE teld, tent, akin to Ger zelt
transitive verb
to furnish or cover with a tilt
tilt
n.
An incline
slant, slope, angle, dip, rake, drop, fall, slide; see also inclination 5.Antonyms
floor*, flat land, level surface. An encounter
joust, bout, conflict, contest, struggle, skirmish, collision, scrimmage, fracas, tussle, scuffle, meet; see also attack 1, fight 1.
at full tilt
tilt
v.
Object
- mirror: I tilted the mirror, inspecting my tongue, my palette.
- balance: A combination of factors finally tilted the balance against the Germans.
- head: Tilt the head of your bed upwards four inches.
- axis: This system gives quite a wide range of friction control down to virtual zero drag and operates on both pan and tilt axis.
Converse of object
- adjust: Use the keyboard tray mechanism, or keyboard feet, to adjust the tilt.
Preposition: at
- windmill: TS Eden was a glorious tilt at a windmill.
- angle: However, the Moon's orbit is tilted at a slight angle.
Adjective modifier
- axial: If there was no axial tilt, there would be no seasons.
- pelvic: This forward pelvic tilt also allows more internal rotation than happens when the pelvis is held in neutral alignment.
- lateral: The sky line radiograph taken at 30 degrees of knee flexion may show lateral tilt of the patella onto the lateral facet.
- treble: Control features include source, bass and treble tilt, listening axis, volume, time-compensated balance and absolute phase.
- slight: The fork does indeed appear to have a slight upward tilt to its handle.
Modifies a noun
- angle: Allows the user to: 1. Put image tilt angles into header.
- sensor: Archers McLeans Mercury anyone with a full tilt sensor instead of using keys?
- hammer: He may have seen this water driven tilt hammer used for crushing metal ore in Yorkshire.
Noun used with modifier
- talar: Mechanics of the anterior draw and talar tilt tests.
- patella: This demonstrates subluxation, patella tilt, lateral patella hyperpressure and any arthritis or thining of the articular cartilage.
- dipole: No systematic variation in the dipole tilt angle was observed which could explain these observations.
- mercury: Doesnât help that Wario Ware Twisted features a mercury tilt switch!
Preposition: in
- favor: The Green Paper ignores the way in which planning legislation is tilted in favor of the developer.
Browse dictionary entries near tilt
- Tilsit (cheese)
- Tilly
- tillite
- Tillich
- tiller
- tillandsia
- tillage
- tillable
- till
- tiling
- tilt hammer
- tilt-rotor
- tilt-top
- tilth
- tiltmeter
- tiltyard
- Tim
- timbal
- timbale
- timbales
