tilt

(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.
2. 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).
3. 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.
2. 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. 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).
4. 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 (sense 1). See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

idiom:

at full tilt Informal.

1. At full speed: a tank moving at full tilt.

[Middle English tilten, to cause to fall, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

tilter tilt'er n.

tilt² (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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verb

1. To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal: cant¹, heel², incline, lean¹, list², rake², slant, slope, tip². See straight/bent.
2. To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, fight, struggle, war, wrestle. See conflict/cooperation.

noun

1. Deviation from a particular direction: cant¹, grade, gradient, heel², inclination, incline, lean¹, list², rake², slant, slope, tip². See rise/fall, straight/bent.
2. Any competition or test of opposing wills likened to the sport in which knights fought with lances: joust, tournament, tourney. See conflict/cooperation.

n

Definition: fight
Antonyms: agreement, surrender

v

Definition: attack, fight
Antonyms: surrender, yield

v

Definition: lean, slant
Antonyms: straighten

i. The angular movement of the offset of a camera axis about an aircraft’s longitudinal axis.
ii. The angle at the perspective center between the photograph perpendicular and the plumb line or another exterior reference direction. In aerial photography, the tilt may be separated into the component angles, referred to as the fiducial axes, with the axis one, or more nearly, in the direction of flight. In an aerial camera orientation, a tilt in the direction of the x-axis is known as a j (phi) tilt, and one in the direction of the y-axis is known as an w (omega) tilt.

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For a list of words related to tilt, see:

• Cinematography Tools and Techniques - tilt: vertical movement of camera on stationary mount
• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - tilt: ice-fishing device with crosspieces that span hole in ice, used to hold baited line leading from underwater revolving-spool reel and attached to cocked arm that releases when fish strikes; tip-up
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• Dimensions and Directions - tilt: surface slanting from level position
• Attacks - tilt: (vb) charge at an opponent
• Violent Actions - tilt: cause to fall over; upset the balance of

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - hælde, vippe, tippe, dyste, turnere, fægte
v. intr. - hælde, skråne
n. - hældning, skråning, dyst, turnering

idioms:

• full tilt    i fuld fart
• tilt at    drage til felts mod
• tilt at windmills    kæmpe mod vejrmøller
• tilt towards    hælde i retning af

2.
n. - presenning, sejldugslag
v. tr. - lægge presenning over

Nederlands (Dutch)
(het) schuin houden/ staan, beïnvloeden, schuinte, neiging

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - pencher, incliner, pencher (qch) sur le côté, (fig) faire pencher, influencer
v. intr. - incliner, pencher, tenir en biais, bouger, (Hist) jouter contre, (fig) porter un coup contre
n. - inclinaison, (fig) attaque, (Hist) joute, coup (de lance), lancer

idioms:

• a tilt at    lancer une pointe à (qn), se mesurer à
• full tilt    à toute vitesse, beaucoup (se pencher)
• tilt at windmills    se battre contre des moulins à vent
• tilt towards    pencher vers

2.
n. - (Aut, Naut) bâche
v. tr. - couvrir d'une bâche

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - kippen, neigen, anrennen gegen, tjostieren, am Turnier teilnehmen, mit dem Schwarzhammer schmieden
n. - Kippen, Neigung, Lanzenstoß, Wortgefecht, Schwarzhammer

idioms:

• a tilt at    mit der Lanze angreifen, anrennen gegen, Versuch, etwas zu erreichen
• full tilt    volle Geschwindigkeit, volle Wucht
• tilt at windmills    gegen Windmühlen kämpfen
• tilt towards    Bevorzugung

2.
n. - Plane, Sonnensegel, Sonnendach
v. - Überdecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γέρνω, προσδίδω ή παίρνω κλίση
n. - κλίση, γέρσιμο, γραπτή ή προφορική επίθεση

idioms:

• full tilt    ολοταχώς, με φόρα, με ορμή
• tilt at    επιτίθεμαι κατά
• tilt at windmills    μάχομαι με ανεμόμυλους
• tilt towards    βαραίνω υπέρ

Italiano (Italian)
oscillare, inclinazione, giostra

idioms:

• full tilt    a briglia sciolta
• tilt at    lanciarsi contro
• tilt towards    tendere verso

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inclinar, pender, discutir
n. - declive (m), inclinação (f), discussão (f), alteração (f)

idioms:

• full tilt    a toda velocidade
• tilt at    tentativa (f) de conquista
• tilt at windmills    brigar com inimigos imaginários
• tilt towards    inclinar-se para uma certa opinião ou pessoa

Русский (Russian)
наклонять, склоняться, накрениться, (кино) вертикально перемещать кино/телекамеру, (журн.) придать репортажу "угол зрения"(за/против чего-л.), наклон, наклонное положение, (фехт.) выпадать (рапирой/копьем) вперед, (кино) вертикальное панорамирование, (журн.) "угол зрения" (за/против чего-л.) репортажа, стычка, столкновение, сшибка, парусиновый навес, палатка

idioms:

• full tilt    стремительное движение/бег вперед, полным ходом, во весь опор, броситься очертя голову на кого/что-л., средневек. конный турнир/поединок с копьем, безнадежная атака на что-л., донкихотство
• tilt at    направление мнения в определенную сторону, склоняться в пользу
• tilt at windmills    по донкихотский бросаться на мельницы
• tilt towards    направление мнения в определенную сторону

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - inclinar, ladear
v. intr. - inclinarse, ladearse, volcarse, estar inclinado
n. - inclinación

idioms:

• a tilt at    arremeter contra
• full tilt    a toda velocidad
• tilt at windmills    arremeter contra los molinos de viento
• tilt towards    inclinarse hacia

2.
n. - toldo
v. tr. - entoldar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - täcka över med tältduk, luta, vippa, vicka på, tippa, hamra
n. - lutning, vippande, vickande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使倾斜, 使偏斜, 使翘起, 持, 倾斜, 偏向, 翘起, 攻击, 倾向, 倾侧, 持矛冲刺

idioms:

• full tilt    竭尽全力地
• tilt at    攻击, 持矛比武
• tilt at windmills    与假想的敌人或坏事战斗, 徒劳地对不可能战胜的事物发动进攻
• tilt towards    倾向于..., 偏向于...

2. 篷, 披屋, 天棚, 用帆布篷覆盖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 篷, 披屋, 天棚
v. tr. - 用帆布篷覆蓋

2.
v. tr. - 使傾斜, 使偏斜, 使翹起, 持
v. intr. - 傾斜, 偏向, 翹起, 攻擊
n. - 傾斜, 傾向, 偏向, 傾側, 持矛衝刺

idioms:

• full tilt    竭盡全力地
• tilt at    攻擊, 持矛比武
• tilt at windmills    與假想的敵人或壞事戰鬥, 徒勞地對不可能戰勝的事物發動進攻
• tilt towards    傾向於..., 偏向於...

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 기울이다, 겨누다, 동력 망치로 치다
v. intr. - 기울다, 창으로 찌르다, 싸우다
n. - 경사, 창 시합, 논쟁

2.
n. - 포장, 차일
v. tr. - ~에 차일을 치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 傾き, 傾斜, やりの突き, やり試合, 非難, 日よけ
v. - 傾ける, 攻撃する

idioms:

• tilt at    …にやりで突きかかる, 攻撃する
• tilt at windmills    空想の敵と戦う
• tilt towards    ～の方へ傾ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسدد رمحا, يميل (الاسم) منحدر, اماله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היטה, הרכין, הרים קצה אחד, נטה, שיפע‬
v. intr. - ‮השתפע, היכה או דקר בנשק, השתתף בתחרות‬
n. - ‮שיפוע, לכסון, הטיה, נטייה, הסתערות, עימות בין יריבים, התקפה בדברים‬
n. - ‮סוכך או מעטה לסירה, לקרון או לעגלה‬
v. tr. - ‮צייד במעטה‬

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