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tilt

1  [tilt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant.
2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust.
3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance.
4. to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing or televising a moving character, object, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
5. to move into or assume a sloping position or direction.
6. to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually fol. by at).
7. to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest.
8. (of a camera) to move on its vertical axis: The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot.
9. to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean: She's tilting toward the other candidate this year.
–noun
10. an act or instance of tilting.
11. the state of being tilted; a sloping position.
12. a slope.
13. a joust or any other contest.
14. a dispute; controversy.
15. a thrust of a weapon, as at a tilt or joust.
16. (in aerial photography) the angle formed by the direction of aim of a camera and a perpendicular to the surface of the earth.
—Idioms
17. (at) full tilt. full tilt.
18. tilt at windmills, to contend against imaginary opponents or injustices. Also, fight with windmills.
Origin:
1300–50; ME tylten to upset, tumble < Scand; cf. dial. Norw tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady; akin to OE tealt unsteady, tealtian to totter, amble, MD touteren to sway

Related forms:
tilt⋅a⋅ble, adjective
tilter, noun

tilt

2  [tilt] ,
–noun
1. a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon.
2. an awning.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with a tilt.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME, var. of tild, OE teld; c. G Zelt tent, ON tjald tent, curtain
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tilt 1   (tĭlt)   
v.   tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward.
    1. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
    2. To charge (an opponent); attack.
  3. To forge with a tilt hammer.
v.   intr.
  1. To slope; incline. See Synonyms at slant.
  2. To favor one side over another in a dispute; lean: "His views tilt unmistakably to the Arab position" (William Safire).
    1. To fight with lances; joust.
    2. To engage in a combat or struggle; fight: tilting at injustices.
n.  
  1. The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
    1. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.
    2. A sloping surface, as of the ground.
    3. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
    4. An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).
    5. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
    6. A thrust or blow with a lance.
    1. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
    2. An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).
    3. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
    4. A thrust or blow with a lance.
    1. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
    2. A thrust or blow with a lance.
  5. A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
  6. A tilt hammer.
  7. New England See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

[Middle English tilten, to cause to fall, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
tilt'er n.
tilt 2   (tĭlt)   
n.  A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
tr.v.   tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.

[Middle English telte, tent, from Old English teld.]
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Tilting

Tilt"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.

2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.
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