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TILT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pitching dangerously to one side
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
lurch; pitch; pitching (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance))
Derivation:
tilt (heel over)
tilt (move sideways or in an unsteady way)
tilt (to incline or bend from a vertical position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Example:
he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Synonyms:
inclination; lean; leaning; list; tilt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Derivation:
tilt (to incline or bend from a vertical position)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A slight but noticeable partiality
Example:
the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Example:
they were involved in a violent argument
Synonyms:
arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tilt"):
argle-bargle; argy-bargy (a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument)
firestorm (an outburst of controversy)
sparring (an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage)
polemic (a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma))
fight (an intense verbal dispute)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Synonyms:
joust; tilt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
battle; struggle (an energetic attempt to achieve something)
Holonyms ("tilt" is a part of...):
tournament (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)
Derivation:
tilt (charge with a tilt)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tilt ... he / she / it tilts
Past simple: tilted
Past participle: tilted
-ing form: tilting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Charge with a tilt
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "tilt" is one way to...):
joust (joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
tilt (a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances)
tilter (someone who engages in a tilt or joust)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Heel over
Example:
The ceiling is slanting
Synonyms:
cant; cant over; pitch; slant; tilt
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "tilt" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tilt"):
cock (tilt or slant to one side)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
tilt (pitching dangerously to one side)
tilter (a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Move sideways or in an unsteady way
Example:
The ship careened out of control
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "tilt" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
tilt (pitching dangerously to one side)
Sense 4
Meaning:
To incline or bend from a vertical position
Example:
She leaned over the banister
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "tilt" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tilt"):
incline; pitch; slope (be at an angle)
weather (cause to slope)
heel; list (tilt to one side)
lean back; recline (move the upper body backwards and down)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
tilt (pitching dangerously to one side)
tilt (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical)
Context examples:
Holmes sent off a short wire and for the rest of the drive lay back in the cab, with his hat tilted over his nose to keep the sun from his face.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"We suspect that Naiad was kicked into its tilted orbit by an earlier interaction with one of Neptune's other inner moons," Brozovic said.
(NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in 'Dance of Avoidance', NASA)
In fact, the tilt would be on the order of 90 degrees, as if the plane of the solar system and these objects formed an "X" when viewed edge-on.
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
This deposit probably formed as snowfall accumulating into an ice sheet mixed with dust during a period in Mars history when the planet's axis was more tilted than it is today.
(Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior, NASA)
Because of this extreme tilt, during the planet's summer the Sun shines almost directly onto the north pole and never sets.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
A leading theory suggests an ice and dust mixture from the polar areas could be cycled through the atmosphere when Mars' axial tilt was larger than it is today.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
During this period, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun and winter snow and ice are still on the ground in the higher latitudes.
(Earthshine, NASA)
A disk-shaped valve component of a tilting disk mechanical heart valve.
(Leaflet Disk Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The plateau being somewhat tilted towards the west, this spot on which we had paused commanded a wide prospect on either hand.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Her wit was playing keenly, and she was enjoying the tilt as much as Wolf Larsen, and he was enjoying it hugely.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
