Dictionary entry details
• TILT (noun)
Meaning:
A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
joust; tilt
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)
Meaning:
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
arguing; contestation; controversy; disceptation; tilt; disputation; contention; argument
Context example:
they were involved in a violent argument
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)
Meaning:
A slight but noticeable partiality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lean; list; leaning; tilt; inclination
Context examples:
the tower had a pronounced tilt / the ship developed a list to starboard / he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Meaning:
Pitching dangerously to one side
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
careen; sway; tilt; rock
Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...):
lurch; pitch; pitching (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance))
• TILT (verb)
Meaning:
To incline or bend from a vertical position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lean; tilt; angle; slant; tip
Context example:
She leaned over the banister
Hypernyms (to "tilt" is one way to...):
bend; flex (form a curve)
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
Meaning:
Heel over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
cant; cant over; tilt; slant; pitch
Context examples:
The tower is tilting / The ceiling is slanting
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
Meaning:
Move sideways or in an unsteady way
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
wobble; careen; tilt; shift
Context example:
The ship careened out of control
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
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
