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tilt

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tilt in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. to incline or bend from a vertical position
    "She leaned over the banister"
    lean  tilt  tip  slant  angle 
  2. heel over
    "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
    cant  cant over  tilt  slant  pitch 
  3. move sideways or in an unsteady way
    "The ship careened out of control"
    careen  wobble  shift  tilt 
  4. charge with a tilt
    tilt 
noun
  1. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    "they were involved in a violent argument"
    controversy  contention  contestation  disputation  disceptation  tilt  argument  arguing 
  2. pitching dangerously to one side
    rock  careen  sway  tilt 
  3. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
    tilt  list  inclination  lean  leaning 
  4. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
    joust  tilt 
  5. a slight but noticeable partiality
    "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
    tilt 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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