Tilt can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| tilt - charge with a tilt | ||
| tilt - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" | ||
| tilt - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" | ||
| tilt - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" | ||
Noun |
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| tilt - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" | ||
| tilt - a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" | ||
| tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" | ||
| tilt - pitching dangerously to one side | ||
| tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
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| 1. | noun | The tower had a pronounced tilt. | |
| 2. | noun | The court's tilt toward conservative rulings. | |
| 3. | noun | In helicopters, the cyclic controls the tilt of the main rotor, producing pitch and roll. | |
| 4. | noun | The Earth's axis is not straight up and down, but tilted a little bit. This tilt is responsible for us having seasons. Otherwise, the temperature would be pretty much the same all year long. | |
| 5. | verb | I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight? | |
| 6. | verb | The flaps slide back and down to increase the surface of the wing area. They also tilt down to increase the curve of the wing. | |
| 7. | verb | The ailerons are hinged on the wings and move downward to push the air down and make the wing tilt up. This moves the plane to the side and helps it turn during flight. | |
| 8. | verb | Don't tilt your chair. | |
| 9. | verb | Don't tilt your chair back. | |
| 10. | verb | Tilt your head to the side. | |
| 11. | verb | Tilt it. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| The tower had a pronounced tilt. |
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| The court's tilt toward conservative rulings. |
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| In helicopters, the cyclic controls the tilt of the main rotor, producing pitch and roll. | |
| The Earth's axis is not straight up and down, but tilted a little bit. This tilt is responsible for us having seasons. Otherwise, the temperature would be pretty much the same all year long. | |
| verb | |
| I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight? | |
| The flaps slide back and down to increase the surface of the wing area. They also tilt down to increase the curve of the wing. | |
| The ailerons are hinged on the wings and move downward to push the air down and make the wing tilt up. This moves the plane to the side and helps it turn during flight. | |
| Don't tilt your chair. | |
| Don't tilt your chair back. | |
| Tilt your head to the side. | |
| Tilt it. | |