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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: Hypernyms ("tilt" is a kind of...): lurch; pitch; pitching (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance))
Meaning: To incline or bend from a vertical position Classified under: Verbs of walking, flying, swimming Synonyms: Context example: She leaned over the banister 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) lean back; recline (move the upper body backwards and down) Sentence frames: Something ----s
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
Meaning: Move sideways or in an unsteady way Classified under: Verbs of walking, flying, swimming Synonyms: 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
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 "Penny wise, pound foolish." (English proverb) "You tell by the work, not by the clothes." (Albanian proverb) "An excuse is sometime more ugly than a guilt" (Arabic proverb) "Lovers and lords want only to be alone together." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Meaning of joust Pronunciation of fight Meaning of partiality Pronunciation of weather Meaning of slope
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