tilt
Meaning of tilt
verb
- move or cause to move into a sloping position.
the floor tilted slightly
he tilted his head to one side
- (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon.
he tilts at his prey
the lonely hero tilting at the system
- a sloping position or movement.
the tilt of her head
- a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.
- a small hut in a forest.
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple’): perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’.
Information about tilt
- The plural form of tilt is: tilts.
- Languages in which tilt is used:
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Hyphenation of tilt
tilt
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- tilt is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tilt synonyms
Meaning joust:
Meaning controversy:
controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing
Meaning list:
list, inclination, lean, leaning
Meaning rock:
Meaning lean:
Meaning cant:
Meaning careen:
Meaning (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down:
Meaning the slightly convex or arched shape of a road or other horizontal surface:
Meaning (with reference to an aircraft or vehicle) tilt or cause to tilt sideways in making a turn:
Meaning lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal:
Meaning put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid):
Meaning change (a square edge on an object) to a sloping one:
Meaning tilt (something) in a particular direction:
Meaning fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot):
Meaning shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning make a lunge:
Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:
Meaning jab or prod (someone or something) with one's finger or a sharp object:
Meaning poke roughly or quickly, especially with something sharp or pointed:
Meaning push suddenly or violently in a specified direction:
Meaning take part in a medieval joust:
Meaning struggle to surmount (a difficulty):
Meaning a thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship:
Meaning take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons:
Meaning meet and come into violent conflict:
Meaning an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope:
Meaning a gradient or slope:
Meaning an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance:
Meaning an act of upgrading something:
Meaning an act of nodding the head:
Meaning a quick, short movement up and down:
Meaning (in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize:
Meaning a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other:
Meaning fighting between armed forces:
Meaning an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality:
Meaning a contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honour:
tilt antonyms
Meaning give a flat and even surface to:
Meaning restore to a normal or upright position:
Translation of tilt
- French: assiette
Anagrams of tilt
Words that rhyme with tilt
atilt, untilt, tiptilt, uptilt, overtilt, ploughstilt, plowstilt, stilt
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