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- Dictionarytilt/tɪlt/
verb
- 1. move or cause to move into a sloping position: "the floor tilted slightly" Similar Opposite
- 2. (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon: historical "he tilts at his prey" Similar
noun
- 1. a sloping position or movement: "the tilt of her head" Similar
- 2. a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust. historical Similar
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TILT definition: 1. to (cause to) move into a sloping position: 2. a sloping position or a move in a particular…. Learn more.
1. a. : to move or shift so as to lean or incline : slant. b. : to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy. 2. a. : to engage in a combat with lances : joust. b. : to make an impetuous attack. tilt at social evils. tiltable. ˈtil-tə-bəl. adjective.
verb (used without object) to move into or assume a sloping position or direction. to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually followed by at ). to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest. (of a camera) to move on its vertical axis: The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot.
a sloping position or a move in a particular direction, especially up or down: She wore her hat at a tilt. figurative There has been a tilt to/toward/away from the Democrats among some groups of young people. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. at full tilt.
Tilt is both a noun and a verb. It has many shades of meaning, but most involve a slope or slant. When you're dizzy from eating too much, you might tilt when you walk away from the table. The verb tilt can also indicate a slight preference for one thing over another.
If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair. American English : tilt / ˈtɪlt /
1. To slope; incline: The field tilts toward the river. 2. To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something: She recently tilted toward vegetarianism. 3. To be advantageous to one side over another, as in a dispute: "The battle ... was beginning to tilt again in the Confederates' favor" (Stephen W. Sears). 4. a.
1. If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. [...] 2. If you tilt part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upward or to one side. [...] 3. The tilt of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes. [...] More.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. tilted, tilting, tilts. To cause to slope or slant; tip. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To poise or thrust one's lance, or to charge (at one's opponent), in a tilt. Webster's New World. To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another. A development that tilted the balance of trade in their favor.
TILT definition: to move into a position where one end or side is higher than the other, or to make something move…. Learn more.